The sudden maneuver was made during a Friday flight out of California after two collision safety alerts sounded in the cockpit, causing the pilots to take evasive action, the airline said.

A US passenger plane made a dramatic plunge just minutes after take-off in a bid to avoid another aircraft, leaving passengers panicked and two cabin crew injured. The Southwest Airlines flight had just departed from Burbank, California, when the pilot received an alert about a nearby aircraft in its path.

A Southwest Airlines flight departing from Burbank Airport experienced a sudden mid-air drop of nearly 500 feet on Friday afternoon,

A Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas plunged 475 feet shortly after take-off on Friday to avoid a potential mid-air collision, injuring two flight attendants. The pilot responded to onboard alerts about another aircraft,

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The passenger jet was responding to an alert of another aircraft in the vicinity, federal authorities said. A Cold War-era military plane was nearby at the time.