The United States on Tuesday banned all civilian flights to Haiti for a month, a day after three jetliners approaching or departing from its gang-ridden capital Port-au-Prince were hit by gunfire. The US Federal Aviation Administration's move came after a Spirit Airlines jetliner arriving from Florida in Port-au-Prince was hit by gunfire and had to reroute to the Dominican Republic.

A day after the prime minister of Haiti was fired, the airport in Port-au-Prince was closed because of the attack on the aircraft. A JetBlue plane was also struck.

Haiti's main airport remains closed on Tuesday after a Spirit Airlines plane was shot at by gangs while trying to land on Monday.

The move would come after a Spirit Airlines plane flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Haiti was diverted after it was struck by gunfire while attempting to land in Port-au-Pr

A Spirit Airlines plane was struck by bullets as it was landing in Haiti’s capital, prompting authorities to close down the main airport of a nation caught in a raging gang war.The flight from Fort Lauderdale was diverted to the Dominican Republic on Monday and one flight attendant reported “minor injuries”,

U.S. airlines canceled flights into and out of Haiti after a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale was hit by gunfire as it approached the airport in Port-au-Prince. The plane was rerouted to the Dominican Republic.

JetBlue, Spirit Airlines and American Airlines have paused flights to Haiti after two planes were struck by bullets amid escalating gang violence in the country.