Aircraft of the US company line Southwest Airlines he had to do sudden dip in tens of meters The day before yesterday to avoid a threatened collision with another aircraft, resulting in injured two crew members And to terrorize many passengers.

“Me and many other people we were ejected from our seats and hit our heads on the roof“Comedian Jimmy Dor, who was on the flight that connected the cities of Berbank and Las Vegas in the western part of the country, said via X.

“The pilot said that the impact avoidance warning was activated and had to avoid a plane coming straight over us“, He added.

The US Civil Aviation Authority (FAA) announced through x that it is conducting “Research on the event”.

Southwest Airlines’ flight 1496 “reacted to a warning on the boat that said he was near him another aircraft,” the federal service confirmed.

For his part, the air carrier explained that he “reacted to two alarms” to avoid an impact on the boat “on Friday after noon, during the initial rise from Berbank, in California, who forced him to go to height and then.”

“The flight continued to Las Vegas, where it landed with full security,” Southwest Airlines continued.

Two members needed medical care for the wounds they suffered, the company said, assuring that all passengers were bodies.

The aircraft was found in the same part of the airspace near Berbank, where a Hawker Hunter Mk was a chasing aircraft. 58, according to the Specialized Flight Watch site.

The incident exacerbates the atmosphere of anxiety about air transport safety in the US after a series of accidents in recent months.

In January, a collision with a military helicopter of the line at the final approach to landing at Ronald Reagan International Airport, near the center of the capital Washington, cost a total of 67 people.

Republican President Donald Trump’s government promised in early May “complete modernization” of the US air traffic control system, which has outdated equipment (radar, IT systems, etc.) and suffers from serious staff shortages.

However, his government has reduced hundreds of officials of the service as part of its plan to cut the wage cost of the federal state.