Do we know when this incident was? It is only 5:35 AM PT as of this writing. Do commercial planes take off that early out there? I know many major airports usually do not have flights before 5:30 AM.
I was concentrating on driving, but my ears picked up on the news report & that it happened out of LAX. I never caught what passenger jet it was - whether American, etc.
But I did hear 6,000 feet altitude, bottle rocket, flare and the pilot thought it was a near miss with a missile.
I believe the incident occurred late last night - not early this morning. The news stated "night time."