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Two flight attendants were injured after pilots responded to an onboard alert about another aircraft in its vicinity.
Passengers aboard a Southwest Airline jet that took a dramatic plunge to avoid an oncoming aircraft were told by the pilot that they nearly struck another plane before landing safely in Las Vegas.
Southwest Airlines took a huge step in its international flights initiative with the recent opening of a five-gate, $146 million terminal at Houston's Hobby Airport.
The passenger jet was responding to an alert of another aircraft in the vicinity, federal authorities said. A Cold War-era military plane was nearby at the time.
Passengers aboard Southwest flight 1496 from California to Nevada experienced a frightening few seconds when the aircraft took a sudden nosedive to avoid a midair collision.
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