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Fuel gushes from plane, covers New Jersey runway
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
June 14, 2017A flight from Newark to Venice had to be cancelled Tuesday night after passengers in a neighboring plane noticed something gushing out of the wing of United Flight 170.
Video and photos posted to social media showed a liquid flowing from the edge of the plane's wing and spilling across part of the runway, NJ.com reported.
😡 #unitedairlines #foxnews #cnn #abc #msnbc #nbc pic.twitter.com/DiAy7iFDOG— Rachel (@RachelEPas) June 14, 2017Just another day flying @united but hey at least we got a free glass of champagne
United said it was a fuel leak, but didn't say where the leak came from, NJ.com reported.
The flight returned to the gate and did not take off for it’s 6:55 p.m. trip to Italy.
Passengers were taken to a hotel and United planned to book them on a flight Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.
