Delta agrees to pay $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools

Delta agrees to pay $79 million to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on Cudahy schoolkids

Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes dumped its fuel over schoolyards.

Delta Just Settled a Lawsuit Over Dumped Fuel

In early 2020, just before a lethal pandemic captured the nation’s attention, a very different emergency played out in the skies over California. A Delta international flight experienced an engine issue and needed to return to the airport from which it had just taken off in Los Angeles. Doing so also required it to dump some of its fuel, something that may be necessary in the case of an emergency landing.Unfortunately, this meant dropping jet fu…

Delta will payout $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools

Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes that was experiencing engine trouble dumped its fuel over schoolyards and densely populated neighborhoods near Los Angeles.

Delta settles class action claims it dumped fuel near LA schoolyards for $79 million

Firefighters were called to schools in the city of Cudahy where nearly 60 schoolchildren and teachers were examined for minor skin and lung irritations.

Delta Agrees To Pay $78.7 Million For Dumping Fuel Over Los Angeles

Delta's position is that the FAA cleared its pilots of any wrongdoing, saying that "it settled to avoid the uncertainty, distraction and cost of litigation."