The passenger said being "suspended upside down" and "drenched with jet fuel" caused him "severe emotional distress and mental anguish."

Delta would be paying about $2.3 million if all 76 passengers on the airline’s subsidiary Endeavor Air’s CRJ-900 aircraft accepted the deal.

Delta said that claims spreading online alleging the captain and first officer had failed training events were false, and both crew members are Federal Aviation Administration-certified for their positions.