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Plane runs out of fuel after taxiing New York runway for six hours without flying anywhere

After the lengthy delay, passengers were told to disembark the plane so that it could be refuelled before reboarding

Newsroom August 24 08:29

A United Airlines flight due to journey from Newark to Denver taxied for so long on a New York runway, it eventually ran out of fuel.

The plane stayed on the runway for more than six hours, before returning to the terminal as it “no longer had enough fuel”.

New York Times reporter Hiroko Tabuchi shared her experience of the distrastrous flight, which was eventually cancelled, on social media.

After the lengthy delay, passengers were told to disembark the plane so that it could be refuelled before reboarding, Ms Tabuchi reported.

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However, once they had deplaned, passengers received an alert on the United app notifying them that the flight had been cancelled –but they were then told by staff at Newark to reboard.

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