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Southwest Airlines said in a statement that two flight attendants are being treated for injuries after the incident.
2don MSN
After departing from Burbank, traffic alerts required a Southwest Airlines flight crew on a Las Vegas-bound plane to "climb and descend to comply with the alerts," according to an airline representative.
The Southwest flight 1496 to Las Vegas swiftly descended to avoid a midair collision after takeoff from Burbank.
One person on the flight said on social media that some passengers “flew out of their seats and bumped heads on the ceiling.”
Passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines jet from Burbank to Las Vegas said their pilot had to “aggressively” dive to avoid a midair collision with another plane shortly after takeoff on Friday afternoon.
Two attendants were hurt on Friday during an emergency maneuver on a Southwest flight departing Hollywood Burbank Airport.
Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.