An Allegiant Air flight attendant was injured on Sunday when the plane’s pilot “took evasive action” to avoid an in-air collision over South Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

A flight attendant was injured earlier this week after an Allegiant Air flight was forced to take evasive measures to avoid colliding with a private jet over Florida, the Federal Aviation ...

Allegiant declined to comment on the incident. 'We went straight up,' passenger said. One of the Allegiant passengers, Jerrica Thacker, 21, told CNN the plane suddenly "went straight up" in the air.