According to reports, the incident happened on May 13. The United flight to Dallas took off and was cleared to make a right turn. Moments later, the United Express flight to Fresno, operated by SkyWest, took off and was cleared to head left.
For some reason, the United plane made a wrong turn and turned left, right into the path of the SkyWest flight. This triggered an alert and the SkyWest crew made an evasive maneuver to avoid a collision.
According to FlightRadar24, the planes came within 275 feet of vertical separation and 1,950 feet of horzontal separation.
The FAA is investigating the incident.