A Spirit Airlines flight from Florida was damaged by gunfire en route to Haiti and diverted to the neighboring country of the Dominican Republic, the airline said.

The FAA banned flights to Haiti because a Spirit Airlines plane was shot at while it was trying to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, and one flight attendant was injured.

A Spirit Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency detour to the Dominican Republic after being fired upon while attempting to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti. The plane,