That's something you don't read everyday. Looks like Clinton Foundation funds continue to do great work

Guess that's part-in-parcel with operating in a 3rd world ****hole location.

NY Post...

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Spirit Airlines flight riddled with bullets while landing in Haiti flight attendant wounded

A Spirit Airlines plane was raked with gunfire and hit multiple times as it was trying to land in Haiti Monday leaving at least one flight attendant wounded.
The ordeal unfolded at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, the Miami Herald reported, citing sources.
The flight attendant was grazed by a bullet when the gunfire erupted

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Multiple bullet holes could be seen in the overhead bins and a plane door in the aftermath, footage obtained by local outlet Media Libre Haiti showed.

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The incident unfolded just two weeks after the airline temporarily suspended its flights to Haiti's capital after gang members opened fire and struck a United Nations' helicopter flying nearby.

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Didn't have that on my 2024 bingo card.

C@LAg said:

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Haitian Germans Bomb Spirit Airlines from Half Moon Bay

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3507373

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aww shoot...

pun intended

Have a coworker that did a medical mission trip there a few years ago.
From what she's told me about her stay i'm surprised this hasn't happened before

Kenneth_2003 said:

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C@LAg said:

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Haitian Germans Bomb Spirit Airlines from Half Moon Bay

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3507373

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aww shoot...

pun intended

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At least this post is more informal, the other post was just blah.

Bukele would have that places crime cleaned up in months

The problems there begin with the name of the country. HATEe? Really? They need to hire the marketing firm the City of College Station paid $40k to come up with the tagline, "Super. Natural. Goodness".

They could change their name to LOVEe and enlist the video archives of Natalie Schafer to advertise. Heck - if they could get the DR on board they could rename the whole place Gilligan's Island.

That's what you get for flying Spirit.

tttfC@LAg

Seriously, what do you do with a country like that? I guess just let it burn? (not suggesting US blood or treasure be involved)

I've been lazy and haven't kept up, but I know a bunch of them live here now.

Come to think of it, if/when we deport their bad guys(first) back there how does that work with bullets flying? I guess if they are bad enough we could shove them out the door with a parachute and tell them 'good luck!'

Jack Squat 83 said:

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Seriously, what do you do with a country like that? I guess just let it burn? (not suggesting US blood or treasure be involved)

I've been lazy and haven't kept up, but I know a bunch of them live here now.

Come to think of it, if/when we deport their bad guys(first) back there how does that work with bullets flying? I guess if they are bad enough we could shove them out the door with a parachute and tell them 'good luck!'

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A US carrier airline is a US flag ship. (Unless those Spirit jets are registered in Bermuda)

agdoc2001 said:

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Did the bullets come from outside or the passengers inside the plane?

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Dammit, came to post this

If that gunfire came from the ground, why are those bullet holes so close together?

I hope Conan O'brien wasn't onboard.

Rockdoc said:

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If that gunfire came from the ground, why are those bullet holes so close together?

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Sadly the country is currently being run by a warlord cannibal name Barbecue.

He said that he doesn't eat his victims for sustenance but does so to create fear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ch%C3%A9rizier

HowdyTAMU said:

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Rockdoc said:

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If that gunfire came from the ground, why are those bullet holes so close together?

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Looks like the bullet holes are in the overhead compartment. Most likely shot after it landed?

Or maybe as it landed if they were shooting from an elevated position

They may shoot airplanes with automatic guns, but they definitely don't eat your pets or gooses down at the pond.

Fightin_Aggie said:

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HowdyTAMU said:

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Rockdoc said:

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If that gunfire came from the ground, why are those bullet holes so close together?

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Looks like the bullet holes are in the overhead compartment. Most likely shot after it landed?

Or maybe as it landed if they were shooting from an elevated position

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Are we sure that's where the bullet entered? Hard to tell from the picture.

Not Coach Jimbo said:

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They may shoot airplanes with automatic guns, but they definitely don't eat your pets or gooses down at the pond.

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What if they were just getting down?

Every article I saw said it was hit as it was coming in for landing. The pilots then diverted to the Dominican Republic.

FAA has now forbade US flagged carriers from entering Hattian airspace between 0--10,000ft MSL

NM

Completely unrelated, but it looks like Spirit may be headed for bankruptcy.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spirit-nearing-bankruptcy-deal-wipe-015800709.html

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Spirit Air Nears Bankruptcy That Would Wipe Out Shareholders

Spirit said in a filing late Tuesday that it's in advanced talks with a super majority of its secured noteholders to hammer out a restructuring. That would be carried out in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private talks.

An agreement with creditors is "expected to lead to the cancellation of the company's existing equity," Spirit said in the filing.

The news sent the airline's stock plunging outside of regular trading. The shares were down 71% to 93 cents apiece as of 7:28 a.m. Wednesday in New York, which would be the biggest decline on record if it holds into the regular session.

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Why would any commercial airline fly into that kind of 3rd world ****hole?

"The Q" anti-aircraft defenses strong.

The best thing for Haiti might just be to elect The Q president and move on.

"A cat in every pot"