Southwest aircraft takes a dive to avoid midair collision (text.npr.org)

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A Southwest Airlines flight dropped several hundred feet in a matter of seconds to avoid a midair collision, after the Federal Aviation Administration said pilots were alerted to another aircraft's presence in the area.

Southwest Flight 1496 was en route Friday to Las Vegas from Hollywood Burbank Airport when just six minutes after takeoff, the aircraft took a nearly 500 foot plunge to comply with traffic alerts issued to the pilots.

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[-] remon@ani.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Damn, that must have been so much fun!

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