{"id":158335,"date":"2025-07-26T00:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/passengers-rattled-2-crew-injured-after-southwest-plane-descends-minutes-into-flight-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T00:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T00:04:10","slug":"passengers-rattled-2-crew-injured-after-southwest-plane-descends-minutes-into-flight-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/passengers-rattled-2-crew-injured-after-southwest-plane-descends-minutes-into-flight-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers rattled, 2 crew injured after Southwest plane descends minutes into flight – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Minutes after takeoff Friday, a Southwest flight leaving Burbank, California, rapidly descended because another aircraft was in the area, injuring two flight attendants and frightening passengers, according to officials and those on board.
\u201cSouthwest Airlines Flight 1496 responded to an onboard alert that another aircraft was in the vicinity while in Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center airspace,\u201d the FAA said. The incident occurred around 11 a.m.
Two onboard alerts required the flight “to climb and descend,” Southwest Airlines said in a statement.
The other plane involved in the traffic alert and collision avoidance system alert was a Hawker Hunter MK 58 single-seat fighter jet, a source familiar with the situation said. That jet is registered to a company, Federal Aviation Administration records show.
Passengers said they were shaken by the incident, and one said he thought the plane was going to crash.
\u201cPilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport,\u201d comedian Jimmy Dore said on X<\/a>. \u201cMyself & Plenty of people flew out of their seats & bumped heads on ceiling, a flight attendant needed medical attention.\u201d
Passenger Steve Ulasewicz told NBC Los Angeles<\/a> that the incident happened about eight minutes into the flight and passengers felt \u201ca significant drop for about two seconds,\u201d which he attributed to turbulence.
\u201cThen maybe like three seconds after that the plane was in a freefall\u201d for around eight to 10 seconds, he told the station by phone. \u201cPeople were screaming. You know, it was pandemonium. People thought the plane was going down.\u201d
The plane continued on to Las Vegas and landed without any further incident, Southwest Airlines said.
\u201cNo injuries were immediately reported by Customers, but two Flight Attendants are being treated for injuries,\u201d it said.
A spokesperson for Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas said that medical personnel responded to the gate and one injured person was transported to a hospital.
FAA records show that the Hawker Hunter is registered to a company in Newark, Delaware. NBC News has emailed the company to confirm that the Hawker Hunter was its aircraft.
Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
Jay Blackman is an NBC News producer covering such areas as transportation, space, medical and consumer issues.
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