{"id":299031,"date":"2025-10-13T04:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/299031\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T04:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:40:13","slug":"wild-video-shows-worker-lose-control-of-fuel-hose-at-dallas-fort-worth-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/299031\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild video shows worker lose control of fuel hose at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wild video shows a Texas airport worker losing control of a refuelling hose, causing a chaotic spill of the highly flammable liquid around a plane on the tarmac, according to footage and authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The disastrous spill occurred on Saturday while the staffer refuelling an American Eagle aircraft parked at a gate in Terminal E of Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, American Airlines confirmed in a statement to The Post.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.95419847;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37365870\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dallas-fort-worth-airport-wild-113353842.jpg\" alt=\"A Dallas Fort Worth Airport ground worker loses control of a fuel hose, spilling jet fuel on the tarmac near an American Eagle plane.\" class=\"wp-image-37365870\"  \/>Video posted to social media captured a ground worker appearing to lose their grip on the refuelling hose, causing fuel to uncontrollably spray out of the nozzle as it viciously snaked underneath the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aviationbrk\/status\/1977382224421904502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to social media<\/a> captured a ground worker appearing to lose their grip on the refuelling hose, causing jet fuel to uncontrollably spray out of the nozzle as the hose viciously snaked underneath the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The worker appeared to walk away from the scene as large pools of the flammable fuel began to form. <\/p>\n<p>The airport\u2019s spill containment infrastructure captured the spill, and the surface was cleaned, a spokesperson for Dallas-Fort Worth Airport told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The exact amount of fuel spilled is not yet clear. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.95419847;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37365871\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dallas-fort-worth-airport-wild-113353812.jpg\" alt=\"A ground worker loses control of a fuel hose, spraying liquid onto an American Eagle airplane.\" class=\"wp-image-37365871\"  \/>The worker appeared to walk away from the scene as large pools of the flammable fuel began to form. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking into the incident with DFW Airport and the airport\u2019s fueling contractor, Menzies, and worked together on the cleanup per procedure,\u201d American Airlines said.<\/p>\n<p>Menzies did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild video shows a Texas airport worker losing control of a refuelling hose, causing a chaotic spill 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