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Southwest Flight From Los Angeles to Vegas Nosedives to Avoid Collision; Two Flight Attendants Injured
Gateway Pundit, ^ | Jul. 25, 2025 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 07/25/2025 6:11:44 PM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 07/25/2025 6:11:44 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

A combo of dei, quiet quitting, general incompetence and deliberateness.


2 posted on 07/25/2025 6:16:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: george76

Best to avoid a mid-air crash.

Were they able to largely walk away from the landing?


3 posted on 07/25/2025 6:17:09 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: george76

Jimmy Dore was on that flight and tweeted this right after it happened

Just now on SW Flight #1496 Burbank to Las Vegas.

Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport.

Myself & Plenty of people flew out of their seats & bumped heads on ceiling, a flight attendant needed medical attention.

Pilot said his collision warning went off & he needed to avoid plane coming at us.

Wow.
https://x.com/jimmy_dore/status/1948841786765705392


4 posted on 07/25/2025 6:18:23 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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Thanks


5 posted on 07/25/2025 6:20:31 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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A Hawker Hunter?

Someone is in trouble


6 posted on 07/25/2025 6:20:42 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: george76
Passengers reportedly flew out of their seats.

At only 14 K I'm sure the seatbelt light was still aluminated.

7 posted on 07/25/2025 6:22:22 PM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: janetjanet998

Close call.

Thank God the pilot wasn’t a DEI hire.

Wondering about the Air Traffic Controller, though.

Wondering, too, who owns the Hawker.


8 posted on 07/25/2025 6:23:02 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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That’s why you have to stay on constant alert even when you’re flying on autopilot.


9 posted on 07/25/2025 6:23:14 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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I take that back, apparently they weren’t yet on autopilot.


10 posted on 07/25/2025 6:24:17 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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The Hawker was en route to ELP ...

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N335AX


11 posted on 07/25/2025 6:25:12 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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We stopped flying years ago. Much rather see the USA in our Chevrolet.

That said, I ALWAYS kept the seat belt fastened in flight. If we ever fly again, we will continue to keep the seat belt well fastened.


12 posted on 07/25/2025 6:25:14 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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What was a Hawker Hunter—a Korean War-era jet fighter—doing in the skies over California in 2025?


13 posted on 07/25/2025 6:27:31 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: janetjanet998

I always wear my seatbelt


14 posted on 07/25/2025 6:30:18 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( )
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To: rdcbn1

Perhaps somebody confused meters and feet.


15 posted on 07/25/2025 6:30:33 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?

This is kind of crazy.


16 posted on 07/25/2025 6:37:42 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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https://www.flightaware.com/resources/registration/N348AX

One Andre Lotrain. A 1959 Hawker Hunter.


17 posted on 07/25/2025 6:42:19 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Much rather see the USA in our Chevrolet.

You and Dinah Shore.

18 posted on 07/25/2025 6:50:20 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: george76

Which is why its’s wise to wear your seatbelt when seated even at cruising height.


19 posted on 07/25/2025 6:53:50 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Fiji Hill

Let’s hope they weren’t going to an airshow.


20 posted on 07/25/2025 6:54:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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