Southwest Flights Narrowly Avoid Collision

0:00It's April 21st. This is Dallas News Today, powered by AI. Two Southwest Airlines flights dodged disaster on Saturday near Nashville International Airport. One jet, Flight 507, had to pull up from landing, just as Flight 1152 was roaring off to Knoxville, Tennessee. Both planes' collision avoidance systems blared alerts, forcing pilots to veer clear. Flight data puts them at about 500 feet apart vertically, with the takeoff plane sailing right overhead. Everyone on board landed safe at their spots. No injuries reported. Southwest shouted out their pilots and crews for staying sharp, stressing safety tops everything for passengers and staff. The Federal Aviation Administration, owned up that controllers guided Flight 507 straight into the takeoff path and launched a full probe. Experts back the traffic collision avoidance system as a final safeguard. Auto-splitting planes by climb or descent commands when trouble brews close. These backups prove why air travel stays one of the safest bets out there.