Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), 26 July (LaPresse/AP) – A Southwest Airlines plane that took off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in southern California and was headed for Las Vegas made a sharp descent shortly after take-off to avoid colliding with another aircraft in the vicinity after receiving a warning about its presence. Two flight attendants were injured. Southwest Flight 1496 had taken off from Hollywood Burbank shortly before noon local time on Friday (9 p.m. on Friday evening in Italy). Shortly afterwards, in response to an alert about the presence of another aircraft nearby, the plane descended sharply. Data from the FlightAware monitoring website shows that the plane descended approximately 300 feet (91.44 metres) in 36 seconds. Also according to FlightAware, shortly after midday local time, the aircraft was in the same airspace near Burbank as a Hawker Hunter Mk. 58. A Hawker Hunter is a British fighter aircraft. Records show that it is owned by Hawker Hunter Aviation, a British defence company.