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Sami Quadri

US passenger plane plunges 300ft to avoid mid air crash with British fighter jet

Stock photo of a Southwest Airlines plane - (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A US passenger plane made a dramatic plunge just minutes after take-off in a bid to avoid another aircraft, leaving passengers panicked and two cabin crew injured.

The Southwest Airlines flight had just departed from Burbank, California, when the pilot received an alert about a nearby aircraft in its path.

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