Federal officials are investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane dumped jet fuel on schools, dousing dozens of people, mostly children.
Fire crews treated 60 people after the fuel affected five elementary schools and one high school Tuesday, said inspector Sean Ferguson of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Park Avenue Elementary fifth-grader Justin Guiti said the fuel sprayed all over him and got into his eye."Drops of water were coming down. I thought it was a rainbow, and I looked up and it was gasoline," he said.Miguel Cervantes, a sixth grader, said his skin itched afterward.
"The aircraft landed safely after a release of fuel, which was required as part of normal procedure to reach a safe landing weight," the airline said.Those hit by the jet fuel were decontaminated with soap and water, and did not need to be hospitalized, said Sgt. Rudy Perez of the Los Angeles School Police Department. The children changed from their clothes and wore gowns. All affected schools will be open and operating on their normal schedules Wednesday.
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