{"id":185113,"date":"2025-08-29T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185113\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:19:09","slug":"delta-to-pay-79mn-to-los-angeles-residents-for-fuel-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185113\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta to pay $79mn to Los Angeles residents for fuel dump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delta Air Lines<\/a> (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson<\/a>) has agreed to pay USD78.7 million to resolve a class action lawsuit over a flight that dumped fuel dousing about 38,000 properties in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California early in 2020. <\/p>\n

Reuters reported that a proposed preliminary settlement had been filed in a Los Angeles federal court. It still requires a judge\u2019s approval. <\/p>\n

The incident took place on January 14, 2020, when Delta Flight 89 from Los Angeles International<\/a> to Shanghai Pudong<\/a> lost thrust soon after takeoff. The pilots then jettisoned about 15,000 pounds (6,800 kilograms) of jet fuel from the Boeing<\/a> B777 operating the service before returning to Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

The plaintiffs argued that the pilots unnecessarily dumped fuel at a low altitude over densely populated areas, instead of doing it over the Pacific Ocean or at a high altitude, allowing it to dissipate, or burning fuel by flying in a holding pattern. About a dozen people on the ground were treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n

Delta reportedly settled in order to avoid the uncertainty and distraction of a court case as well as the cost of litigation. But it denied any wrongdoing, standing by the actions of its pilots, who had to consider the risk of losing a second engine while loaded with enough fuel for a flight to Shanghai, exceeding the maximum landing weight. They \u201cdid exactly what federal regulations and their FAA-approved training required them to do to respond to that in-flight emergency and ensure the safety of the passengers, crew, and people on the ground,” the company told ch-aviation. <\/p>\n

The net settlement to be distributed to owners and residents may total about USD50.6 million after legal fees and costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has agreed to pay USD78.7 million to resolve a class action…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[103973,103981,1582,276,2961,224,5337,103969,103979,103977,103976,103972,103978,103966,103980,103967,103974,103975,103970,103968,103971],"class_list":{"0":"post-185113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-aircraft-orders","9":"tag-alliances","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-new-routes","16":"tag-operator-acquisition","17":"tag-operator-bankruptcies","18":"tag-operator-bankruptcy","19":"tag-operator-fleet-news","20":"tag-operator-merger","21":"tag-operator-news","22":"tag-operator-partnership","23":"tag-operator-route-network","24":"tag-operator-start-up","25":"tag-operator-start-ups","26":"tag-route-cancellations","27":"tag-route-network-changes","28":"tag-strategic-fleet-developments"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115113201912484704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}