A person is dead and another was hospitalized after a "possible domestic violence-related homicide" in the southwest Las Vegas valley, according to Metro police.

A Southwest Airlines flight dropped several hundred feet in a matter of seconds to avoid a midair collision, after the Federal Aviation Administration said pilots were alerted to another aircraft's presence in the area.

The Southwest flight 1496 to Las Vegas swiftly descended to avoid a midair collision after takeoff from Burbank.

Passengers aboard a Southwest Airline jet that took a dramatic plunge to avoid an oncoming aircraft Friday were told by the pilot that they had nearly struck another plane before landing s

The passenger jet was responding to an alert of another aircraft in the vicinity, federal authorities said. A Cold War-era military plane was nearby at the time.