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Southwest passenger: ‘Entire plane was screaming’ during close call

A passenger who was on board the Southwest Airlines flight that was forced to make a mid-air maneuver to avoid a collision with another plane spoke to NBC News on Saturday, saying that the “entire plane was screaming” when it suddenly descended after takeoff.

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Southwest flight 'aggressively' descends to dodge another aircraft, passengers say

Las Vegas Sun · 2d

Plunge by Southwest flight heading to Las Vegas was to avoid another aircraft

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Southwest Airlines Flight Plunges 500 Feet To Avoid Mid-Air Collision, 2 Injured

Southwest Flight 1496 sharply descended nearly 500 feet, according to flight tracking websites, marking the second time in a week that a US commercial jet was forced to make abrupt flight maneuvers to ...

NewsNation on MSN2h

DOT chief Sean Duffy ‘concerned’ about aviation near-misses

The NTSB on Wednesday will begin three days of hearings over the deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C., earlier this ...

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Southwest is implementing a new safety-first portable charger rule

After a number of safety incidents involving portable chargers on planes, Southwest Airlines is the first to crack down on how passengers can charge their phones on flights. As of May 28, the ...

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