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According to diplomatic sources in the country, a Spirit Airlines plane was hit by gunfire over Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Monday, resulting in what the airline described as “minor injuries” to one of its crew members.

Spirit said Monday that Flight 951 was diverted from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-au-Prince and landed in Santiago, Dominican Republic, where “an inspection revealed evidence of damage to the aircraft consistent with gunfire.”

The airline said one of its flight attendants reported minor injuries and was being assessed by medical staff, and that no other injuries were reported. It added that the aircraft has been removed from service and Spirit services to Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien have been suspended.

Data reviewed by CNN from FlightRadar24 showed the plane descended to an altitude of 550 feet (170 meters) above Port-au-Prince’s Tabarre neighborhood, just east of the airport, before quickly taking off and bypassing the runway.

Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s main international airport, has since halted operations following the incident, the diplomatic source told CNN.

Haiti-based commercial airline Sunrise Airways told CNN it has suspended flights until further notice. US airlines JetBlue and American Airlines have also canceled flights to and from Haiti through Thursday.

Haiti has been plagued by widespread gang activity and political chaos for almost a year, with international actors also hit by direct violence in recent weeks. Last month, a United Nations helicopter was also hit by bullets while flying over Port-au-Prince. And in a separate incident in October, mobs targeted U.S. embassy vehicles with gunfire, later leading to the evacuation of 20 embassy staff.

In late February and early March, coordinated gang attacks forced the closure of both the airport and the main seaport in the Haitian capital, choking off vital food supplies and humanitarian aid to the Caribbean country.

The latest incident comes amid political turmoil, following a vote by Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council to replace Prime Minister Garry Conille after less than half a year in office.

According to a government communiqué, the government council signed a statement on November 8 removing Conille from his position and appointing businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the new prime minister.

Conille’s predecessor Ariel Henry resigned earlier this year amid rising gang violence.