A Southwest Airline jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff Friday in response to an alert about a nearby plane, injuring two flight attendants,

A Southwest Airlines flight dropped several hundred feet in a matter of seconds to avoid a midair collision, after the Federal Aviation Administration said pilots were alerted to another aircraft's presence in the area.

Flight 1496 from Burbank, California, to Las Vegas experienced a sudden nosedive on Friday afternoon to avoid a collision, the report said. FOX News spoke to a traveler on the flight who regularly takes the same trip. She told the outlet the flight experienced “extreme turbulence.”