Monday, February 23, 2004

Bhms: Flights to Cap Haitien suspended

The Ministry of Transport and Aviation announced Sunday that all flights from The Bahamas to rebel-occupied Cap-Haitien have been suspended following the hijacking of a Turks and Caicos aircraft that landed on Sunday morning ... the Ministry also announced that the flight ban does not include Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital.
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The Ministry said that after the Turks and Caicos-based aircraft belonging to Inter-Island Airways landed at Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second largest city, it was seized on the ground by armed men.

However, the passengers, all Haitian nationals, were released unharmed, but the crew was forced to fly the aircraft and the hijackers to Port-au-Prince.

Once in Port-Au-Prince, the statement continued, the hijackers released the aircraft and its crew unharmed.

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