It isn't an easy feat designing a safe commercial airliner that can weigh almost 153,000 pounds to land on a runway without damaging itself. Planes are also allowed to be heavier at takeoff than their ...

We've all thought about what would happen when you pour jet fuel into a diesel engine. Will it work or lead to immediate catastrophic failure, perhaps even an explosion? Planes are among the most ...

Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million for dumping 15,000 gallons of jet fuel onto a community in southeastern Los Angeles County five years ago, drenching children playing at a school, to ...

Five years after a Delta Air Lines flight dumped 15,000 pounds of jet fuel on a densely populated Los Angeles neighborhood, the company has agreed to pay out nearly $79 million to settle a class ...

Jet Fuel Price Index, Week Ending August 29, 2025 is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership. Already a ...

With SAF still far more expensive than jet fuel, mandates arriving in Turkey and beyond, and no quick fix in sight, the industry may soon have little choice but to pass costs onto customers through ...

The Delta jet had departed from Los Angeles to Shanghai on Jan. 14, 2020 when it needed to quickly return to Los Angeles International Airport and dumped 15,000 gallons of fuel to reach a safe landing ...

Delta Air Lines has agreed a big $79 million settlement for dumping jet fuel in a residential area, drenching children playing in a school yard. The incident happened five years ago just after a Delta ...

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines agreed to pay nearly $80 million to settle a lawsuit over a jet dumping fuel above Los Angeles in 2020. Channel 2 Action News reported in January 2020 when a Delta flight ...

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 ...