Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Procedure; Human Factors; Equipment / Tooling; Aircraft
I was in the flight deck checking the weather for the return trip to ZZZ; after having completed the exterior preflight inspection; when one of the Flight Attendant's called me to check the left wing. I went out and saw fuel being vented out of the left wing tip. I ran downstairs and started shouting to stop fueling. The firefighters were called and took care of the spill. I checked with the fuelers and they said that they had all switches selected on Auto. We departed about 30-minutes late without any further complications.
A Captain was informed by an onboard Flight Attendant that fuel was venting out of the left wing tip of their MD-83 aircraft during a gate refueling procedure.