A Southwest Airlines flight on its way to Las Vegas from Burbank, California, dove mid-air on Friday to avoid a collision with another aircraft, injuring two flight attendants. Passengers reported being thrown from their seats during the aggressive maneuver.

• The flight dropped by hundreds of feet (dozens of meters) shortly after takeoff.
• The pilot of Southwest Flight 1496 attributed the maneuver to avoiding another plane, identified by flight tracking as a privately owned Hawker Hunter Mk 58 jet.
• The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the incident, which follows a series of recent aviation safety concerns and near-misses in the United States.