Evasive actions were needed moments after two passenger jets took off from Los Angeles International Airport last Friday, on of the carriers involved confirms.

Kevin Ray, who streams take-offs and landings at LAX on his YouTube channel Airline Videos Live, said he thought something was strange when he saw an ITA jet heading to Rome make a left-hand turn toward an American Airlines plane that was heading to New York.

"It immediately made a left-hand turn basically over Dockweiler Beach, which is not something you would see unless it was approved by the [air traffic control]," Ray said. "Basically a left heading in the direction of the American 321."

An air traffic controller noticed the ITA jet's maneuver and ordered it to correct its flight path while his colleague directed the American

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