Haiti Grounds Private Flights Amid Probe Into Deadly Crash

Haiti Grounds Private Flights Amid Probe Into Deadly Crash
The wreckage of a plane that crashed in the community of Carrefour, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 20, 2022. Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Haiti’s National Civil Aviation Office announced Thursday that it is banning all private aircraft from flying during an investigation into the crash of a small plane that killed at least five people and injured several others.

Authorities did not say when private flights could resume, adding that the measure is part of a review of private operators.