Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a lawsuit brought after a 2020 fuel dumping incident. At the time, PEOPLE reported at least 60 individuals were examined by medical personnel as a result.

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 Air Lines has agreed to a $78.75 million class-action settlement with Los Angeles County residents whose homes, schools and properties were doused with jet fuel when a Delta Boeing 777 dumped 15,000 gallons over a populated area in January 2020.