In this image from video, Delta Air Lines Flight 800 to Shanghai, China, dumps fuel over Los Angeles before returning to Los Angeles International Airport for a safe emergency landing on Tuesday. Fire officials say fuel apparently dumped by the plane fell onto an elementary school playground. Matt Hartman / AP hide caption
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In this image from video, Delta Air Lines Flight 90 to Shanghai, China, dumps fuel over Los Angeles before returning to Los Angeles International Airport for a safe emergency landing on Tuesday. Fire officials say fuel apparently dumped by the plane fell onto an elementary school playground.
Matt Hartman / AP
Updated at 5: 800 pm ET
Emergency units treated children and 9 adults after an LAX-bound aircraft apparently dumped fuel on an elementary school playground,accordingto the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
All patients were “complaining of minor injuries,” the departmentsaidin tweet.
None of the patients was taken to the hospital.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that Delta Air Lines Flight 800 declared an emergency after departing Los Angeles International Airport, returned to the airport and landed without incident.
The school was in Cudahy, a neighborhood in southeast Los Angeles, about miles from the airport.
firefighters and paramedics on-scene and committed to providing care for those injured, “the department said in atweet.
The LA Unified School Districtsaidstudents and staff complained of skin irritation or breathing difficulties.
Local news outletsreported“multiple first responder units – including ambulances” arrived at Park Avenue Elementary School.
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