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Passengers alert flight crew of jet fuel spill

LOS ANGELES, California — Jet fuel spilled from a Spirit Airlines plane before takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport this week.

Video shot by a passenger shows fuel spilling from the airplane last Wednesday.

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Passengers were pulled off the plane once the fuel started spilling from the wing onto the tarmac.

They were loaded off the flight, then put back on the same plane a short time later, only to have it happen again.

Some passengers started yelling to the flight crew, warning them of the fuel spilling.

"When I saw the gas dripping it scared me and I could smell it and I thought the plane was going to catch fire," said Trinity Wellington.

Spirit Airlines issued a statement, saying in part that the airplane was inadvertently fueled past capacity, resulting in fuel spilling.

Spirit also gave passengers two $50 vouchers to make up for a night of rebooking and missed connections.