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International Business Times
5 days ago
- General
- International Business Times
Passengers Thrown from Seats as Southwest Plane Drops Abruptly to Avoid Mid-air Collision
A Southwest Airlines flight had a scary landing after taking off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California. Flight 1496 was en route to Las Vegas Friday morning around noon when it sharply descended 475 feet after its collision warning system saw another aircraft in the vicinity, forcing the pilot to make a rapid maneuver. X The aircraft were responding to automated warnings of a potential collision, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. Inside the cabin, the sharp descent was chaotic. Passengers said they were thrown out of their seats, and two flight attendants were injured in the sudden maneuver. The pilot responded to "two air "alerts"—first to climb and then to descend, Southwest Airlines said in a statement. "The flight landed without incident in Las Vegas," the airline said, stating that the crew handled all required safety protocols and is now cooperating fully with the FAA's investigation. One of the passengers, comedian Jimmy Dore, posted his account on social media. "I and lmany other people flew out of our chairs and into the ceiling," he wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). "A flight attendant required medical assistance. The pilot told the control tower that he had to take evasive action to avoid a plane," he added, referring to a collision warning he said has sounded. Data from aerial video tracking from Flightradar captured the abrupt change of course in altitude. But Hollywood Burbank Airport officials said the incident did not occur in their controlled airspace. Control tower and ground personnel did not notice anything out of the ordinary when the plane was taking off, said airport spokesman Mike Christensen. The other aircraft, according to the FA, was a Hawker Hunter jet headed to Huntingburg, Ind., while on its descent at an altitude of 14,653 feet. Officials are now trying to determine how close the two planes came to each other and whether any standard procedures were violated. While the flight continued uneventfully and landed safely in Las Vegas, the incident reflects increasing fears about the safety of air travel in the U.S. The incident comes just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision near Washington, DC in January that killed 67 people and renewed focus on air traffic control. The FAA said the public will have the opportunity to fully review it. In the meantime, passengers are thankful for the pilot's quick thinking, which probably prevented a more catastrophic tragedy.
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Southwest flight nosedives 475 feet to avoid midair crash near Burbank; dramatic video surfaces
Passengers on Southwest flight 1496 from Burbank to Las Vegas experienced frightening turbulence after the jet nosedived at least 475 feet to avoid a midair collision shortly after takeoff. A Flightradar video showing the movement of the flight has surfaced on social media. Southwest flight 1496 nosedived about 500 feet to avoid a crash(Unsplash) According to Fox News, the dramatic fall caused passengers to 'fly up out' of their seats and 'into the ceiling'. The report further added that at least one flight attendant was injured. The airline is yet to confirm the details. '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,' stand-up comedian Jimmy Dore wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter. A passenger, Caitlin Burdi, told Fox News that the turbulence was not normal. Read More: Who is Estes Carter Thompson III? American Airlines flight attendant jailed for filming girls 'About 10 minutes into the flight, we plummeted pretty far, and I looked around, and everyone was like, 'OK, that's normal. Then, within two seconds, it felt like the ride Tower of Terror, where we fell 20 to 30 feet in the air. The screaming, it was terrifying. We really thought we were plummeting to a plane crash," she said. Steve Ulasewicz told ABC News the pilot announced that they had performed the maneuver to 'avoid a midair collision'. 'The plane was just in a freefall. It was pandemonium,' he told NBC 4 Los Angeles. The publication further added that two attendants were injured. As per the outlet, the other plane was a Hawker Hunter with the N number N335AX. It was at an altitude of approximately 14,653 feet when the Southwest flight began to descend. The Southwest flight reached Las Vegas and 'landed uneventfully'. The airline, as per ABC News, said it is working with the Federal Aviation Administration 'to further understand the circumstances' of the event.
India Today
6 days ago
- India Today
Air India flight to Mumbai returns to base minutes after take-off from Jaipur
An Air India flight from Jaipur to Mumbai returned within minutes of taking off from the airport on Friday. The aircraft reportedly faced a technical snag midair forcing the pilots to return. The aircraft was airborne for about 18 minutes before returning to Jaipur. According to the airline tracking website Flightradar, the plane took off at 1.35 pm, and its status was later marked as 'diverted' to India flights have suffered multiple glitches in recent weeks, forcing diversions and operational disruptions. On Wednesday, a Mumbai-bound Air India Express flight with around 160 passengers onboard aborted takeoff at Delhi airport due to a technical snag. An Air India Express spokesperson said the crew decided to reject takeoff, prioritising safety after detecting a minor technical the same day, another Air India Express flight bound for Doha from Calicut International Airport returned a couple of hours after takeoff due to a technical fault. An airport official said flight IX 375, carrying 188 people including the pilots and crew, took off from Calicut at around 9.07 am but returned at 11.12 the Ministry of Civil Aviation has stated that a total of 183 technical snags were reported by five airlines as of July 21 this year. The chart was led by the Air India Group, including its subsidiary Air India Express, with a total of 85 snags being reported so far in this year. In fact Air India along with its subsidiary has reported nearly 541 technical snag in the past 5 years, according to the government.- Ends
Qatar Tribune
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
Ecuador's biggest drug lord ‘Fito' extradited to US
The Ecuadoran government on Sunday extradited notorious drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias 'Fito,' to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a 2024 escape from a maximum security penitentiary, the country's prison authority said. The flight transporting Macias landed in New York state on Sunday night, according to the Flightradar tracking site. The US Attorney's Office filed charges in April against Macias, the head of the 'Los Choneros' gang, on suspicion of cocaine distribution, conspiracy and firearms violations, including weapons smuggling. A letter filed by the US Department of Justice on Sunday said Macias was due to appear in a federal court on Monday 'for an arraignment on the Superseding Indictment in this case.' The drug lord on Sunday was removed from custody at a maximum security prison in Ecuador's southwest 'for the purposes that correspond to the extradition process,' Ecuador's prison authority SNAI said in a statement to reporters. Macias, a former taxi driver turned crime boss, agreed in a Quito court last week to be extradited to the United States to face the charges. He is the first Ecuadoran extradited by his country since a new measure was written into law last year, after a referendum in which President Daniel Noboa sought the approval of moves to boost his war on criminal gangs. Ecuador, once a peaceful haven between the world's two top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, has seen violence erupt in recent years as enemy gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control. Soon after Macias escaped from prison in January 2024, Noboa declared Ecuador to be in a state of 'internal armed conflict' and ordered the military and tanks into the streets to 'neutralize' the gangs. (Agencies)Drug trafficker Adolfo Macias (C), alias Fito, was taken to an air base in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on June 25, 2025.
NDTV
21-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Ecuador's Biggest Drug Lord 'Fito', Recaptured After Prison Escape, Sent To US
The Ecuadoran government on Sunday extradited notorious drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a 2024 escape from a maximum security penitentiary, the country's prison authority said. The flight transporting Macias landed in New York state on Sunday night, according to the Flightradar tracking site. The US Attorney's Office filed charges in April against Macias, the head of the "Los Choneros" gang, on suspicion of cocaine distribution, conspiracy and firearms violations, including weapons smuggling. A letter filed by the US Department of Justice on Sunday said Macias was due to appear in a federal court on Monday "for an arraignment on the Superseding Indictment in this case." The drug lord on Sunday was removed from custody at a maximum security prison in Ecuador's southwest "for the purposes that correspond to the extradition process," Ecuador's prison authority SNAI said in a statement to reporters. Macias, a former taxi driver turned crime boss, agreed in a Quito court last week to be extradited to the United States to face the charges. He is the first Ecuadoran extradited by his country since a new measure was written into law last year, after a referendum in which President Daniel Noboa sought the approval of moves to boost his war on criminal gangs. 'Sooner the better' Ecuador, once a peaceful haven between the world's two top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, has seen violence erupt in recent years as enemy gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control. Soon after Macias escaped from prison in January 2024, Noboa declared Ecuador to be in a state of "internal armed conflict" and ordered the military and tanks into the streets to "neutralize" the gangs. The move has been criticized by human rights organizations. Macias's Los Choneros has ties to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, Colombia's Gulf Clan -- the world's largest cocaine exporter -- and Balkan mafias, according to the Ecuadorian Organized Crime Observatory. The crime boss' escape from prison prompted widespread violence and a massive military and police recapture operation, including government "wanted" posters offering $1 million for information leading to his arrest. On June 25, Macias was found hiding in a bunker concealed under floor tiles in a luxury home in the fishing port of Manta, the center of operations for Los Choneros. Noboa declared he would be extradited, "the sooner the better." "We will gladly send him and let him answer to the North American law," Noboa told CNN at the time. More than 70 percent of all cocaine produced in the world now passes through Ecuador's ports, according to government data. In 2024, the country seized a record 294 tons of drugs, mainly cocaine.
