<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two Southwest Airlines flight attendants are being treated for injuries after a passenger jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after take-off on Friday in response to an alert about a nearby plane, the airline and passengers said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Southwest flight 1496 was responding to an onboard alert about another aircraft in its vicinity, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA is investigating.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The crew responded to two air alerts that required the pilot to climb then descend, the airline said in a statement.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/thailand-travel-advisory-conflict-with-cambodia/5c6c9158-72f1-413d-9975-0de7b9dddc15"><strong><span>Aussies told to avoid more parts of Thailand as locals flee fighting along border</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The flight departed from Hollywood Burbank Airport just before noon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Passengers posted on social media that the plane took a dramatic drop soon after take-off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“Pilot said his collision warning went off &amp; he needed to avoid plane coming at us,” comedian Jimmy Dore posted on X.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/usa-plane-southwest-airlines-flight-headed-to-las-vegas-plunge-response-to-nearby-aircraft/29e44239-5e3e-4390-9021-adbd6be393e1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The plane was not in the immediate vicinity of the Hollywood Burbank Airport, north of Los Angeles, at the time, said Mike Christensen, an airport spokesman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-gaza-israel-says-hundreds-of-truckloads-of-aid-are-waiting-to-enter-gaza-but-un-cant-bring-them-in/a717e06d-5b09-4987-a904-304a4909a23d"><strong><span>Israel says truckloads of aid waiting to enter Gaza. Why can't they bring them in?</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Christensen said that neither the control tower or the operations department, which tracks planes departing and arriving, have any record of the Southwest flight plunging in their airspace.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Southwest said the flight continued to Las Vegas, “where it landed uneventfully.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/intercontinental-stabbing-sydney-hotel-worker-allegedly-stabbed-by-colleague/c6bad76b-a066-45c6-881c-6d348b0e4fe8"><strong><span>Sydney hotel worker allegedly stabbed by colleague</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The airline said that it is working with the Federal Aviation Administration “to further understand the circumstances” of the event.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This close call is just the latest incident to raise questions about aviation safety in the wake of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/washington-dc-plane-crash-victims-identified-loved-ones-mourn/873e14ed-5c62-4c67-9d4a-8facf994855b" rel="" target="" title="January’s midair collision over Washington, DC, that killed 67 people."><span>January’s midair collision over Washington, DC, that killed 67 people.</span></a></div></div>