Florida-based Spirit Airlines' Flight 951 reportedly was struck by gunfire ... the local airport above Clercin -- one of the known battlegrounds in Haiti's ongoing gang war -- when it was fired at. According to a CNN diplomatic source in Haiti, its main ...

A Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale was struck by gunfire while trying to land in Haiti, officials said.

Spirit confirmed in a statement that one of its flights from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was diverted to the Dominican Republic on Monday. It said an inspection of the aircraft showed damage consistent with gunfire.