The third American plane was shot at in Haiti

A third American civilian aircraft, this time owned by American Airlines, came under fire in Haiti. “American Airlines said it was suspending flights to Haiti until February 12 after the plane came under fire,” the report said. According to the agency, American Airlines Flight 819, which was flying from Port-au-Prince, landed safely in Miami on Monday, but after inspection it turned out that the the casing was hit by a bullet. An American Spirit Airlines plane was shot at on Monday while trying to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, one person was injured. Later, another American airline, JetBlue, discovered gunshot damage on the body of one of its planes flying to Haiti. After this, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned American civil aircraft from flying to Haiti for 30 days. Previously, the Haitian Transitional Presidential Council removed the country's Prime Minister Harry Conil from his post, appointing businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé in his place. According to media reports, the reason for the resignation of Prime Minister Conil was a violation of authority in the appointment of the Minister of Foreign Affairs without the consent of the Presidential Council. At the same time, Conil considers his dismissal illegal. Haiti is experiencing a long-term socio-political crisis, which worsened after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. Since then, the inaction of the authorities has led to an unprecedented increase in the influence of gangster groups that engage in extortion, kidnapping for ransom and control entire areas of the country, including fuel terminals.