A newlywed couple have spoken of their deplorable treatment after they discovered fuel was leaking from the United Airlines plane they had boarded.
Mike and Rachel Brumfield were aboard the evening flight from New Jersey to Venice, Italy on Tuesday 13 June for their honeymoon when they noticed fuel gushing from the plane’s wings.
Rachel, 28, told the New York Post her husband had run through the plane – which was on its way to the runway – to let the crew know what was going on, but they “yelled at him” to sit down.
Thankfully the couple finally convinced the staff to avoid a potential disaster, but that wasn't the end of their nightmare.
Passengers were evacuated and the flight was cancelled, with customers then given hotel vouchers to stay overnight while the airline tried to get them on flights Wednesday morning.
Only Mike and Rachel never received their hotel voucher. Instead, they were left to sleep on the Newark airport floor. Adding to their stress was that they were due to join a cruise that departed Venice on Thursday morning.
Mike posted a photo of his wife curled up using a suitcase as a pillow on Facebook the next morning, writing: "My beautiful bride on our honeymoon. Thank you, United Airlines."
"We saved your United flight 170 from possibly crashing into the Atlantic, you praised us saying you'd take GOOOOD care of us, then cancelled the flight and disappeared.
