Passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines jet from Burbank to Las Vegas say their pilot had to “aggressively” dive to avoid a midair collision with another plane shortly after takeoff on Friday afternoon.
According to flight records, Southwest Flight 1496 departed the Hollywood Burbank Airport at 11:58 a.m.
Among the passengers was stand-up comedian Jimmy Dore, who wrote in an X post that he and others “flew out of their seats” during the sudden maneuver, with some purportedly hitting their heads on the ceiling…