2 The southwest airline agents of airlines injured after the plane dives to avoid the collision
An airline plane in the southwest heading to Las Vegas from South California crossed a spectacular game shortly after takeoff on Friday in response to an alert on an aircraft nearby, injuring two on-board agents, authorities and passengers.
Southwest Flight 1496 responded to an alert on board another nearby plane, said the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. The FAA investigation.
The crew responded to two air alerts that forced the pilot to climb and then descend, the airline said in a statement. The flight started from Hollywood Burbank airport just before local time at noon.
The passengers posted on social networks that the plane gave a spectacular drop shortly after takeoff. Data from the Flightaware flight tracking website show that it has dropped approximately 91 meters in 36 seconds.
“The pilot said that his collision warning took place and that he needed to avoid the plane that came to us,” said actor Jimmy Dore, who said he was on the flight, posted on X.
“Myself and many people stole their seats and hit headacles on the ceiling, a on-board agent needed medical care.”
The jet was in the same airspace as the British fighter plane
Flightaware shows that the plane was in the same air space near Burbank as a Hawker Hunter MK. 58 just afternoon, local time. A Hawker Hunter is a British fighter.
The files show that the plane belongs to Hawker Hunter Aviation Ltd, a British company for defense markets. The company did not immediately respond to messages requesting comments.
Mike Christensen, spokesperson for Hollywood Burbank airport, said that neither the control tower nor the operations service, which follows the planes that leave and arrive, had no trace of the southwest flight plunging into their air space.
Southwest said the flight continued in Las Vegas, “where he landed without incident”. The airline said that she was working with the FAA “to better understand the circumstances” of the event.
This tight call is only the last incident to raise questions about air security following the open -air collision of January on Washington, DC, which killed 67 people.
