{"id":2467219,"date":"2025-07-26T23:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-plunge-by-southwest-flight-from-southern-california-was-to-avoid-another-aircraft-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T23:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:43:40","slug":"shocking-plunge-by-southwest-flight-from-southern-california-was-to-avoid-another-aircraft-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-plunge-by-southwest-flight-from-southern-california-was-to-avoid-another-aircraft-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking plunge by Southwest flight from Southern California was to avoid another aircraft &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshocking-plunge-by-southwest-flight-from-southern-california-was-to-avoid-another-aircraft-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467219&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Southwest Airlines boeing 737 experienced a sudden and dramatic drop of several hundred feet in just over 30 seconds while flying from Southern California to Las Vegas. The plane made this sharp plunge to avoid a near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-its-like-to-ride-in-a-b-17-flying-fortress\/\" title=\"What It\u2019s Like To Ride In a B-17 Flying Fortress\">midair collision<\/a> with another aircraft, according to the pilot and passengers. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported the incident involved the flight responding to onboard alerts about another plane nearby and is currently investigating. Passengers described the event as terrifying, with some panicking and believing the plane was going to crash. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >flight eventually landed safely<\/a> in Las Vegas. This close call raises further concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-regulator-to-lift-boeing-737-max-grounding-in-january\/\" title=\"European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January\">aviation safety<\/a> following a deadly midair collision earlier in the year near Washington, D.C.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Shocking plunge by Southwest flight from Southern California was to avoid another aircraft<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2181781\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>LAS VEGAS (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Passengers aboard a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/southwest-airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Southwest Airlines<\/a> jet that took a&nbsp;dramatic plunge to avoid&nbsp;an oncoming aircraft were told by the pilot that they nearly struck another plane before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starship-landing-nominal-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-celebrates-after-mars-rocket-prototype-lands-successfully\/\" title=\"\u2018Starship Landing Nominal!\u2019 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Celebrates After Mars Rocket Prototype Lands Successfully\">landing safely<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Boeing<\/a> 737 jet dropped hundreds of feet in a little over 30 seconds during a flight on Friday, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-cancels-600-flights-on-sunday\/\" title=\"American Airlines Cancels 600+ ...s on Sunday\">flight tracking website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3483269\/rubio-dodges-on-2028-bid-hopes-vance-runs\/\">Rubio dodges on 2028 bid, hopes Vance runs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3483260\/trump-kamala-harris-should-be-prosecuted-celebrity-endorsements\/\">Trump says Kamala Harris should be prosecuted over celebrity endorsements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3483252\/multiple-people-stabbed-walmart-michigan\/\">Eleven people stabbed at Walmart in Michigan, suspect in custody<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Caitlin Burdi, who was on the flight, said it took a short plunge and then a more drastic drop as passengers screamed in terror.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We really thought we were plummeting to a plane crash,&rdquo; Burdi told Fox News Digital in an interview at the Las Vegas airport. She said the pilot told passengers they had nearly collided with another plane.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration said the flight, Southwest 1496, was responding to an onboard alert about another aircraft in its vicinity. The FAA is investigating. Southwest said the crew responded to two alerts that required the pilot to climb then descend. The flight left Hollywood Burbank Airport just before noon.<\/p>\n<p>Another passenger, comedian Stef Zamorano, said she saw a woman who wasn&rsquo;t wearing her seat belt shoot up and out of her seat, and a man next to her was clutching her arm. A woman across the aisle was panicking, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She was pretty much verbalizing how we all felt, saying, &lsquo;I want to get off this plane. I want to be on the ground,&rsquo;&rdquo; Zamorano told the <em>Associated Press<\/em> on Friday. Another woman was panicking and saying she wanted &ldquo;to get off this plane.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The plane was in the same airspace near Burbank as a Hawker Hunter Mk. 58, according to the flight tracking site, FlightAware. Records show it is owned by Hawker Hunter Aviation, a British defense contracting company.<\/p>\n<p>The company didn&rsquo;t respond to messages on Friday and Saturday seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Southwest said the flight continued to Las Vegas, &ldquo;where it landed uneventfully.&rdquo; The airline said that it is working with the FAA &ldquo;to further understand the circumstances&rdquo; of the event.<\/p>\n<p>This close call is just the latest incident to raise questions about&nbsp;aviation safety&nbsp;in the wake of January&rsquo;s&nbsp;midair collision&nbsp;over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2181781\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2181781\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest flight plunged to avoid collision, landed safely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2467220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/southwest-airlines-flight-plunge-las-vegas.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60009,38144,38611,48103,36134],"class_list":["post-2467219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aircraft-near-miss","tag-aviation-safety","tag-flight-incident","tag-southern-california","tag-southwest-airlines"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/southwest-airlines-flight-plunge-las-vegas.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467223,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467219\/revisions\/2467223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}