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Coverage dated August 28, 2025

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

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Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes experiencing engine trouble dumped fuel over schoolyards and densely populated neighborhoods east of Los Angeles. Delta flight 89 had departed from Los Angeles to Shanghai on Jan.

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  1. Jalopnik

    Delta Agrees To Pay $78.7 Million For Dumping Fuel Over Los Angeles (opens Jalopnik)

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    Jalopnik's feed description

    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."

  2. KOB 4

    Delta agrees to pay $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools (opens KOB 4)

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    Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes experiencing engine trouble dumped fuel over schoolyards and densely populated neighborhoods east of Los Angeles. Delta flight 89 had departed from Los Angeles to Shanghai on Jan.

  3. Insider

    Delta agrees to pay $79 million after a plane dumped thousands of gallons of fuel over homes and schools in California during an emergency (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Delta Air Lines agreed to settle a 2020 case where fuel was dumped over Los Angeles, leaving elementary school children with skin and eye irritation.

  4. Fortune

    Delta settles class action claims it dumped fuel near LA schoolyards for $79 million (opens Fortune)

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

  5. New York Post

    Delta will payout $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    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.

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