Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay nearly $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving a 2020 fuel dump over business and residential areas across Los Angeles. The case stemmed from an incident in which a Delta flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport lost thrust in an engine soon after takeoff. The pilots jettisoned about 15,000 pounds of fuel to reduce the risks of an overweight emergency landing before returning to LAX.

Delta maintains that its pilots followed protocol for the fuel dump, and says that a subsequent investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared them of any wrongdoing. But the case has dragged on for years, so the airline says that it is settling the lawsuit in order to avoid uncer

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