Southwest Airlines flight headed to Las Vegas takes dramatic plunge in response to nearby aircraft

LAS VEGAS AP A Southwest Airline jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff Friday in response to an alert about a nearby plane injuring two flight attendants officers and passengers declared Southwest flight was responding to an onboard alert about another aircraft in its vicinity the Federal Aviation Administration disclosed The FAA is inspecting The crew responded to two air alerts that required the pilot to climb then descend the airline explained in a comment The flight departed from Hollywood Burbank Airport just before noon Passengers posted on social media that the plane took a dramatic drop soon after takeoff Pilot noted his collision warning went off he needed to avoid plane coming at us comedian Jimmy Dore posted on X The plane was not in the immediate vicinity of the Hollywood Burbank Airport north of Los Angeles at the time announced Mike Christensen an airport spokesman Christensen declared that neither the control tower or the operations department which tracks planes departing and arriving have any record of the Southwest flight plunging in their airspace Southwest explained the flight continued to Las Vegas where it landed uneventfully The airline declared that it is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to further understand the circumstances of the event This close call is just the latest matter to raise questions about aviation safety in the wake of January s midair collision over Washington D C that killed people Source