Southwest passenger describes horror of plummeting mid-air as screams filled the cabin when pilot avoided crash

On a flight that was forced to make a evasive maneuver to avoid a collision in the middle of the air, a southwest passenger said that the screams had filled the cabin because he missed another plane narrowly.

Caitlin Burdi told Fox News that he was afraid of California’s life on Friday’s flight from Burbank.

Burdi, “ “ `we fell quite far away after about 10 minutes and I looked around and everyone was like” okay, that’s normal “.

`Then, in two seconds, I felt like a terror driving tower where we fell 20 to 30 feet in the air. Scream was terrible. We really thought we fell into a plane crash.

‘It was absolutely horrifying, just “What was the new thing we’ve fought with another plane and I had to do an emergency attempt because we lost the service with the air traffic controller.”

The southwest passengers jumped out of their seats and jumped on the ceiling of the plane, and two flight officials were injured after the pilot had made a illegal maneuvering.

The Southwest Flight 1496 climbed to Las Vegas on Friday at around 11.00 on a 73 -minute journey to Las Vegas, and when the plane suddenly fell without warning, it was passing at 14.100 ft. Military jet 14.653 ft.

On a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas, the passengers were thrown out of their seats and shortly after taking off, the cabin hit the ceiling on Friday morning

In addition, among the passengers, ‘many people fly out of their seats, a few seconds of the comedian Jimmy Dore.

According to the airline, two flight officials were injured during the ordeal. He continued his commercial flight and landed safely to Las Vegas.

The comedian sent to comedian X and 700,000 followers, ‘SW Flight #1496 Burbank’.

‘The pilot had to dive aggressively to prevent the collision of the air at Burbank Airport. Myself and many people flew from their seats and hit the ceiling, a flight official needed medical assistance, ” Dore explained.

‘The pilot said the collision warning exploded and the plane should prevent us from coming to us. Wow.’

Comedian Jimmy Dore and producer Stef Zamorarano was on the Southwest flight, which had to make a sudden maneuver to avoid another plane separated from Burbank Airport

Southwest Boeing 737

Dore said that the pilot was then triggered by a plane collision warning to the passengers and forced him to take action immediately to avoid another plane.

Shared by Dore’s producer Stef Zamorano, the shaken passengers after the ordeal showed moments and are still trying to process the new ones.

Zamorano clip, “ “ just a few minutes ago on this flight crazy turbulence, ” he said. “ Jimmy, have you ever experienced such an experience before? ” He asked.

‘It turned out that the turbulence was that the pilot took an aggressive movement because there was another plane to us. That was. It was to avoid the collision, ‘Dore explained.

Dore said that the plane suddenly fell out of a few passenger seats.

“We’re all shaken,” Zamorano wrote. ‘After landing, the flight exploded with applause.’

Airline, said in a statement, “ Southwest Flight 1496 crew, responded to two settled traffic warnings on Friday afternoon, California, Burbank, leaving the warnings, the warnings required them to descend. ” He said.

Comedian Jimmy Dore shared the scary experience to 700,000 x followers

‘Southwest is busy with the federal aviation administration to better understand conditions. There was no injury by customers, but two flight officials are treated due to injuries. ‘

Steve Ulasewicz, another passenger on board, Nbc la The bottom flight occurred about eight minutes and took about eight to 10 seconds.

Ulasewicz said the passengers screamed during a fall before the plane’s flattening.

He explained how the pilot uses the software to avoid the collision of an air.

‘He felt a significant decline. The plane was just a free fall. It was Pandemonium, ‘Ulasewicz said.

About a minute after the crew’s beverage service was about to begin, a decline occurred.

Other passengers also commented online. One of the passengers wrote to Reddit.

Passenger, “Many of us, even if the seat belts are open for about 20 seconds we flew from our seats and one of the flight officials after landing and needed medical assistance,” he said.

‘I wanted to thank the pilot, auxiliary pilot and flight officials for keeping us safe.’

Passengers, after hitting the head of a flight officer was confused, the other said he left.

Hollywood Burbank Airport, the authorities ‘looking at the incident, but currently occurred in the airspace on our airport,’ he said.

A FAA spokesman told Dailymail.com on Friday night, ‘Southwest Airlines Flight 1496, a resident warning Los Angeles Air Rota Traffic Control Center is near another aircraft in the airspace, he said. FAA is investigating the incident that occurred on Friday, July 25 at 11:00. ‘

Sources familiar with aircraft warning systems say that a TCAS warning probably triggers the avoidance action.

When the system detects another plane that combines on a dangerous flight path, the pilots are generally instructed to change the opponent or direction immediately within seconds.

Pre -data indicate that the planes are a few miles away when the pilots receive their warnings.

Southwest Boeing 737 jet was flying from Burbank to Las Vegas and arrived safely

Comedian detailed what happened in a shipment to X account

The kidnapping events such as Los Angeles may occur when more than one departure or destination passes in changing altitudes, especially near dense centers such as LAX and Burbank airports.

This recent call is the last event that asks Washington DC about the aviation safety that killed 67 people to Washington DC in January.

The incident on Friday comes only days after a similar fear on a delta flight that prevents a military B-52 bombardment aircraft and creates new concerns about air traffic safety in the crowded US airspace.

Delta pilot, after landing in a safe way to the passengers told the passengers, “` `For the right -handed people, you’ve probably saw the plane came to us. ” He said.

‘Nobody told us this… I apologize for aggressive maneuver. He surprised me. This is not normal at all. ‘

The DL3788 flight was forced to cancel the landing, into the apartment and make progress after not being able to warn the pilot of the upcoming bombardment aircraft, an air traffic controller.

According to flight data, the plane made sharp turns and suddenly climbed to escape the collision.

Although no injury was reported in the delta incident, passengers were visible.

A woman, ‘We all looked at each other and remained silent. Something really happened. ‘

Air traffic between the southwest and delta events that took place in a week, the security of air traffic between commercial airlines and military aircraft, and the reliability of the reliability of radar and separation systems in the congested airspace.

While the mid -air collisions are extremely rare, experts say that the increasing traffic volume of ‘close miss’, in some regions of the outdated radar scope and the pressure on air traffic control systems.