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 from Burbank made an emergency descent of 475 feet to avoid colliding with another aircraft before safely landing in Las Vegas on Friday.

Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.

Passengers on Southwest Airlines Flight 1496 experienced a heart-stopping moment Friday morning when their plane took a sudden dive just minutes into the journey from Burbank to Las Vegas. According to flight tracking data from FlightRadar24,

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines jet described a jarring drop on a flight from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Las Vegas that injured two flight attendants.

The flight from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Las Vegas took two evasive maneuvers. Two flight attendants were treated for injuries.

Southwest Airlines, the busiest commercial air carrier serving Harry Reid International Airport, announced this month the largest number of flights in and out of Las Vegas in the airline’s history.