PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Monday, July 21, 2025
PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Monday, July 21, 2025
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The Guardian
2 hours ago
- The Guardian
Two injured after Southwest plane plummets to avoid potential collision
Two Southwest Airlines flight attendants are being treated for injuries after a passenger jet heading to Las Vegas from southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff on Friday, the airline and passengers said. Southwest flight 1496, headed from Burbank to Las Vegas, received two alerts that made the plane climb and then descend, according to a statement from Southwest. Reported by ABC and according to flight trackers FlightRadar24 and AirNavRadar, the plane avoided a collision with a Hawker Hunter jet, currently registered to a Non-Citizen Corporation, according to FAA registration logs. Southwest said that the flight continued to Las Vegas, where it landed 'uneventfully', and that the airline is working with the FAA to 'further understand the circumstances of the event'. 'We are aware of an incident involving Southwest Airlines flight 1496. The FAA is in contact with Southwest and we are investigating. Ensuring the safety of everyone in the national airspace system remains our top priority,' the FAA said in a statement. A post on social media showed the path that the two planes took in a simulation video. The good news is your 737 got an automated alert, your crew did what they were supposed to do and so your aircraft didn't get dangerously close to the other (a Hawker Hunter jet fighter registered to a defense contractor). A passenger, Caitlin Burdi, likened the experience to the theme 'Tower of Terror' park ride during an interview with Fox News. 'About 10 minutes into the flight, we plummeted pretty far, and I looked around, and everyone was like, 'OK, that's normal,'' Burdi told Fox. 'Then, within two seconds, it felt like the ride Tower of Terror, where we fell 20 to 30 feet in the air. The screaming, it was terrifying. We really thought we were plummeting to a plane crash.' YouTube personality Jimmy Dore posted on social media from the flight. 'Myself and plenty of people flew out of their seats and bumped heads on ceiling, a flight attendant needed medical attention,' Dore wrote. 'Pilot said his collision warning went off and he needed to avoid plane coming at us.' This was at least the second near-miss for a mid-air collision in the US this week, after a Delta plane headed from Minneapolis to Minot, North Dakota nearly collided with a B-52 bomber. In March, a passenger jet nearly collided with a military plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport, where a collision between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter had killed at least 67 people just months before.
The Independent
3 hours ago
- The Independent
Southwest Airlines flight headed to Las Vegas takes dramatic plunge in response to nearby aircraft
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, authorities and passengers said. Southwest flight 1496 was responding to an onboard alert about another aircraft in its vicinity, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA is investigating. The crew responded to two air alerts that required the pilot to climb then descend, the airline said in a statement. 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 said 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, said Mike Christensen, an airport spokesman. Christensen said 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 said the flight continued to Las Vegas, 'where it landed uneventfully.' The airline said that it is working with the Federal Aviation Administration 'to further understand the circumstances' of the event. This close call is just the latest incident to raise questions about aviation safety in the wake of January's midair collision over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
Reuters
4 hours ago
- Reuters
Two Southwest flight attendants injured after jet moved to avoid plane
July 25 (Reuters) - Two flight attendants on a Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), opens new tab flight departing from Burbank, California were injured and being treated on Friday after pilots took evasive action to avoid another aircraft, the airline said. Southwest Flight 1496 sharply descended nearly 500 feet, according to flight tracking websites. The airline and the Federal Aviation Administration said pilots took action after receiving alerts of a potential collision. The Southwest Boeing 737 continued to Las Vegas, where it landed uneventfully. The FAA is investigating. No passengers were injured.
