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NEWARK -- United Airlines cancelled a flight out of Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday night after fuel gushed from one of the plane's wings as it taxied to the runway.
A video shot by a passenger shows fuel spilling onto the runway from the edge of the left wing.
Flight 170 was scheduled to depart for Venice, Italy at 6:55 p.m, but was forced to return to the gate.
Passengers were put in a hotel and United will attempt to re-book them on a flight Wednesday, United said in a statement. United described the incident as a "fuel leak," but didn't mention where the leak originated.
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dalton99a
(81,599 posts)If one looks hard enough, there is seepage
still_one
(92,422 posts)about it
rurallib
(62,451 posts)Maeve
(42,288 posts)For those of us thinking it!
mn9driver
(4,428 posts)They're not that uncommon and are usually the result of an overfilled tank or a check valve failure. In this case it looks like a check valve failed.
onethatcares
(16,188 posts)or then?
mn9driver
(4,428 posts)ecstatic
(32,733 posts)there an alert that goes off when that happens?
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,602 posts)... there were so many people at the United service desk asking if I was trying to get to Venice too. I didn't know this had happened.
I missed my connection to Milan (my first flight was delayed 2 hours due to weather) but I managed to get on a Lufthansa flight to Milan via Munich ... but that plane got a flat tire on the way to the runway & we left Newark 5 hours late. So, I got to spend a few more hours in Munich today waiting for a new connecting flight, & finally got to Milan this evening ... A full 12 hours after I was originally supposed to be here.
Traveling is fun! #Sarcasm