Narrative:

I went to check the cabin temperature for the flight. When I arrived at the gate I noticed pc unit was switched off; and mechanic was walking down the jet bridge. I asked him if [he] switched it off. He said it was cold on board so he switched it off and will call back if it needs to be [turned] back on. While I was inside aircraft checking aircraft cabin temps mechanic told me he smells fuel; I came down the jet bridge and I noticed wet around the pc air unit. So I checked if it's a fuel spill. Fuel was still dripping out of the unit nonstop; fuel was spilled from the jet bridge where pc unit was staged to all the way down to taxi lane. I notified my supervisor; he respond quickly and showed up to the gate; he asked me to bring fuel spill cart and we start cleaning the fuel and secured the spilled area.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground personnel reported a fuel leak/spill from pc unit on jet bridge.

Narrative: I went to check the cabin temperature for the flight. When I arrived at the gate I noticed pc unit was switched off; and mechanic was walking down the jet bridge. I asked him if [he] switched it off. He said it was cold on board so he switched it off and will call back if it needs to be [turned] back on. While I was inside aircraft checking aircraft cabin temps mechanic told me he smells fuel; I came down the jet bridge and I noticed wet around the pc air unit. So I checked if it's a fuel spill. Fuel was still dripping out of the unit nonstop; fuel was spilled from the Jet bridge where pc unit was staged to all the way down to taxi lane. I notified my supervisor; he respond quickly and showed up to the gate; he asked me to bring fuel spill cart and we start cleaning the fuel and secured the spilled area.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.