Originally Posted by
Airbubba
At the press conference Ms. Allred stated that 'the Delta pilot' released fuel on the elementary students at 'thousands of pounds per second'.
As the teachers tearfully read from prepared scripts:
“I started yelling for my students to come back inside the building,” one teacher told reporters at Friday’s news conference. “I didn’t know where the smell was coming from. I thought, ‘Oh my God, it must be a terrorist attack.'”
“My students initially thought it was rain and began looking up only to have the noxious liquid overwhelm our eyes, mouth, nose and skin,” another added.
https://cbsloc.al/361OSsx
Delta's most recent statement (see link in quoted post) would indicate that the 777 was dumping fuel for around 15 minutes in total, starting at around the point where it turned east after takeoff.