Southwest passengers hurled out of their seats and onto plane's CEILING to avoid mid-air collision over LA

Southwest passengers were hurled out of their seats and onto the plane's ceiling and two flight attendants were injured after the pilot was forced to make an evasive  maneuver to avoid a mid-air collision. 

The jet, which was flying from Burbank, California, to Las Vegas dropped 475 feet within seconds to avoid colliding with a Hawker Hunter military fighter aircraft in its path.

Southwest Flight 1496 was climbing towards its cruising altitude on the 73-minute journey to Las Vegas at around 11am on Friday and was passing through 14,100 ft when the plane suddenly plunged without warning. The military jet was at 14,653 ft.

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