Southwestern flight fell, injuring the flight attendants

The Southwest Airlines aircraft quickly fell to the elevation after leaving the Los Angeles area on Friday, with passengers posting online that the pilot was forced to quickly change the course to avoid a potential collision with another aircraft.

Flight 1496 from Hollywood Airport to Las Vegas fell rapidly, lifting passengers from its seats and injuring two flight attendants.

The crew “responded to two signals to move on board … Required to climb and to go down to comply with the signals,” a statement in the southwest said.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was investigating the incident. It comes less than a week after such an almost pass.

“Providing the safety of everyone in the national airspace system remains our top priority,” the FAA statement is added.

Standup’s comedian Jimmy Dore was on board the plane and was among the passengers, saying that the unequal move was due to almost a pass with another aircraft.

“The pilot said his collision warning has given way and he has to avoid the coming of an airplane. Aunt,” Dore writes X. “Striving for a flight attendant needs medical attention.”

His colleague Steph Zamorano added that all passengers applaud when the plane landed.

Caitlin Burdi said Fox News that the passengers “shouted” when the plane fell quickly.

“It was horrifying. We really thought we were faced with a plane crash,” she said.

She added that the pilot came over the speaker afterwards to say that the plane almost hit another plane and that they had lost contact with the air traffic control.

“I just remember that he said,” It just happened that we were almost confronted with another plane and had to make an emergency experience to go because we lost service with the air traffic controller, “she said.

According to CnnThe aircraft was almost captured by a private Hawker Hunter fighter after less than six minutes in the air.

Jet went less than two miles ahead of her and within a few hundred feet of his height, CNN reported, citing flight tracking data. He left El Paz, Texas and flew to Oxnard, California.

The southwest statement said the flight continues to Las Vegas, “where it landed without hindrance” and that the airline was “engaged” with the FAA to find out the circumstances. ”

“We appreciate the professionalism of our flying crew and flight attendants in response to this event. Nothing is more important to southwest than the safety of our customers and employees.”

It comes less than a week after Delta’s regional flight from Minneapolis was forced to make a sudden evasive maneuver to avoid an American military bomber.