The airline's iconic open seating policy is coming to a close, along with its offer of two free checked bags, after more than half a century.

The incident occurred about six minutes after Southwest flight 1496 took off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles County.

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 onboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas said their pilot "aggressively" dived to avoid a midair collision.

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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,

The sudden maneuver was made during a Friday flight out of California after two collision safety alerts sounded in the cockpit, causing the pilots to take evasive action, the airline said.

A passenger who was on board the Southwest Airlines flight that was forced to make a mid-air maneuver to avoid a collision with another plane spoke to NBC News on Saturday, saying that the “entire plane was screaming” when it suddenly descended after takeoff.

Passengers aboard a Southwest Airline jet that took a dramatic plunge were told by the pilot that they nearly struck another plane.

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