In response, all U.S.-based carriers, including American Airlines out of Miami International Airport, canceled all flights for Tuesday for Port-au-Prince.

Gunfire hit a Spirit Airlines flight to Haiti on Monday, injuring a flight attendant, as the State Department warned of "gang-led efforts" to stop travel to the country.

The flight headed from Fort Lauderdale to Port-Au-Prince was just hundreds of feet from landing when gangs shot at the plane, striking a flight attendant.