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Mike 03

(16,616 posts) Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:03 PM Jan 2020

Breaking: Paramedics Evaluating Cudahy Elementary School Students After Reported Jet Fuel Dump

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – More than two dozen elementary school kids in Cudahy were being evaluated Tuesday after an aircraft dumped fuel on its final approach to LAX, authorities said.

Around 30 children at Park Avenue Elementary School reported a reaction after they were exposed to an unknown type of fuel, according to Los Angeles County firefighters.

Los Angeles Unified school officials said they were aware of the situation and looking into it.

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

Check here for updates: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/01/14/jet-fuel-aircraft-dump-cudahy-lax-students-school/

Fuel dump over an elementary school playground.

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Breaking: Paramedics Evaluating Cudahy Elementary School Students After Reported Jet Fuel Dump (Original Post) Mike 03 Jan 2020 OP

Hope everyone is okay. democrank Jan 2020 #1

Really sad. Mike 03 Jan 2020 #2

The school is 13 miles away from LAX Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #3

Aw, poor kidlings - what a shocker, to be minding your own business and this liquid nastiness Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #4

Delta flight to Shanghai Codeine Jan 2020 #5

Some tweets about the incident Mike 03 Jan 2020 #6

That sh*t is nasty! 2naSalit Jan 2020 #7

democrank

(11,098 posts)

1. Hope everyone is okay.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:06 PM

Jan 2020

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

2. Really sad.

Reply to democrank (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:08 PM

Jan 2020

This feels like a metaphor for where our society is going.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

3. The school is 13 miles away from LAX

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:12 PM

Jan 2020

Video shows aircraft was at a lower-than-normal altitude.

On edit - More info:

https://www.foxla.com/news/multiple-students-treated-after-jet-fuel-spill-on-elementary-school-playground-in-cudahy

LOS ANGELES - An estimated 20 patients were treated at an elementary school in the Cudahy area in southeast Los Angeles after an apparent fuel spill on the school's playground from an aircraft that was diverted back to the Los Angeles International Airport, officials said.

An estimated 20 students were treated after a jet fuel spill at Park Avenue Elementary School in Cudahy.

A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Shangai from LAX was diverted minutes after takeoff, officials said. The plane safely made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon and no injuries were reported.

Jet fuel spill from the aircraft was reported at multiple locations, including Park Avenue Elementary in Cudahy and San Gabriel Avenue Elementary in South Gate, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

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Interesting - someone caught a video of it as it flew overheard (those aren't normal wingtip vortices)

Link to tweet

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)

4. Aw, poor kidlings - what a shocker, to be minding your own business and this liquid nastiness

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:14 PM

Jan 2020

falls on you from the sky

I guess they’ll be scrubbed till their skin wants to fall off (a la “Silkwood”)

So sorry and YEAH who did this??!

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

5. Delta flight to Shanghai

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:18 PM

Jan 2020

with engine failure. The flight had to circle back for an emergency landing and dump excess fuel.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

6. Some tweets about the incident

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:26 PM

Jan 2020

Link to tweet

2naSalit

(86,743 posts)

7. That sh*t is nasty!

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:26 PM

Jan 2020

It will burn your skin in a very short time. It's more like battery acid on your skin than gasoline or diesel or kerosene. I have handled that stuff in bulk. It's VERY dangerous for children.

I smell a hugh lawsuit or batch of lawsuits.

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