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Southwest Airlines flight 1496 dropped hundreds of feet in a little over 30 secondsFriday, according to a flight tracking website.
The Southwest flight 1496 to Las Vegas swiftly descended to avoid a midair collision after takeoff from Burbank.
The pilots of the Hawker Hunter reported having the Southwest plane in sight, but were not properly instructed by air traffic control
Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.
The Southwest Airlines jet was in the same airspace as a Hawker Hunter owned by a British defense contracting company, according to AP.