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.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two Southwest Airlines flight attendants are being treated for injuries after a passenger jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff Friday, the airline and passengers said.

A Southwest flight out of Burbank airport experienced a steep drop which injured two flight attendants Friday. The pilot told passengers he was avoiding a collision.

A near-miss involving a Southwest Airlines jet and a Hawker Hunter over Los Angeles left two flight attendants injured and passengers shaken.

Southwest Airlines says pilots on board Flight 1496 from Burbank to Las Vegas got two serious warnings at 14,000 feet. The pilots then took immediate action to avoid colliding with another plane. Passengers describe a harrowing scene on board,

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.”

Southwest Airlines' CEO told investors in a July 24 earnings call that the airline could eventually open its own lounges.

After departing from Burbank, traffic alerts required a Southwest Airlines flight crew on a Las Vegas-bound plane to "climb and descend to comply with the alerts," according to an airline representative.