airport headed to venice, italy. fuel gushed from a wing. this video posted on twitter by rachel shows the fuel spilling on the tarmac as the plane headed for the runway. claiming crewmembers didn t seem to be aware, saying in her tweet how not one crewmembers thought this is beyond me. thank god we were looking at the window at takeoff. brumfield was heading to italy on her honeymoon. she told the new york post her husband alert of the and was told to quote sit down. fire trucks came rushing toward the plane. united said while taxiing to the runway yesterday, united flight 170 traveling from newark to venice, italy, returned to the gate due to a fuel leak and was later canceled. we apologized our customers for the inconvenience.