Air France flight stopped in Republic of Congo after gunshot

Air France confirms that it had to postpone a flight from the Republic of Congo after the jet was damaged Sunday by a bullet fired by a gendarme. The incident happened at the airport in Pointe Noire, the country's second largest city, said Air France. An Airbus A330 was damaged and was unable to make a flight repatriating French citizens because of the outbreak of COVID-19. The flight was postponed for 24 hours so that a replacement airplane can arrive to carry out the flight, said the airline. The gendarme who fired a shot that pierced the sheet metal of the plane, was arrested and it being held in custody, according to an airport official. <br/>