The FAA is considering banning US flights to Haiti after planes were hit by gunfire

The Federal Aviation Administration is urgently considering banning U.S. flights to Haiti following Monday’s shooting. A decision is expected on Tuesday, according to several officials.

The move would come after a Spirit Airlines plane flying to Haiti from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted after it was hit by gunfire while attempting to land in Port-au-Prince, according to Haiti’s National Civil Aviation Office.

According to OFNAC, the plane was hit four times by gunfire while attempting to land at Touissant Louverture airport in the capital Port-au-Prince.

The Spirit Airlines plane was “diverted and landed safely in Santiago, Dominican Republic,” Spirit Airlines said in a statement Monday, adding that no passengers reported injuries and a flight attendant aboard the plane reported unspecified “minor injuries.” “ reported and is undergoing a medical examination.

According to FlightRadar24, the plane came within 550 feet of the runway before aborting the landing and detouring to the Dominican Republic.

The FAA confirmed in a statement Monday that the Spirit Airlines flight landed safely in the Dominican Republic “after the aircraft was reportedly damaged by gunfire while attempting to land” at Port-au-Prince Airport.

A JetBlue flight from Haiti to New York City was also hit by a bullet on Monday, the airline said in a statement to ABC News. JetBlue said it would suspend all flights to and from Haiti through Dec. 2 due to the unrest in the country.

ABC News’ Aicha El Hammar Castano contributed to this report.