Delta Air Lines has reached a nearly $79 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over a 2020 fuel dump over properties in Los Angeles County, according to court papers obtained Thursday.

Delta has denied wrongdoing in the incident, in which tens of thousands of properties, including homes and schools were hit by jet fuel .

The settlement, which is awaiting a judge’s approval in L.A. federal court, will be distributed among 38,000 property owners and residents, papers show.

The case stemmed from a January 2020 incident in which a Delta flight to Shanghai from Los Angeles International Airport lost thrust shortly after takeoff. The pilots jettisoned about 15,000 pounds of jet fuel from the Boeing 777 before returning to LAX.

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