Delta regulates the collective appeal claims that he threw fuel near Los Angeles at $ 79 million

The Delta Jet left Los Angeles in Shanghai on January 14, 2020 when it was to return quickly to Los Angeles International Airport. The Boeing 777-200 landed safely after returning to Los Angeles while pouring 15,000 gallons of fuel to reach a safe landing weight.

Firefighters from the County Los Angeles were called in schools in the city of Cudahy where nearly 60 schoolchildren and teachers were examined for minor and pulmonary irritations. None required hospitalization.

Shortly after, the teachers of the Park Avenue primary school in Cudahy filed a complaint against the airline, saying that they were exposed to reaction fuel that sprinkled like rainy drops with “overwhelming” smoke. They described by feeling the fuel on their clothes, their skin and their eyes. Later, several owners of Cudahy have filed a collective appeal.

Teachers said they had asked for medical treatment after the incident and felt physical and emotional pain.

Delta said that in the trial regulation had reached on Monday that one of the two engines of the plane had lost the thrust shortly after takeoff and that the plane, which was carrying enough fuel for the 13 -hour flight, exceeded its maximum landing weight of around 160,000 pounds.

The weight of a full fuel load has a risk of damaging an airliner during landing – which can be expensive for an airline to repair. Even if there is no damage, airlines try to avoid overweight landing because they are required to inspect planes, which puts them out of service.

The pilots decided to throw fuel “to reduce the serious risk of flight and land an overweight plane on a single engine”. The airline has declared in court documents.

Delta declared in court documents that he had accepted the settlement without any admission of responsibility to avoid the legal costs of a trial and “to eliminate the distraction and other charges that this dispute caused Delta’s affairs”.

Delta did not immediately respond to a request for comments on Friday.