FLT ATTENDANT; B757; MIA-CCS (CARACAS; VENEZUELA); PAX NOTICED LEAK ON WING; NOTIFIED COCKPIT. RETURN TO MIA AND CHANGED PLANES.

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A PAX POINTED OUT A NOTICEABLE LEAK ON THE WING OF THE ACFT. A RPT WAS MADE TO THE COCKPIT. FO CAME BACK TO INSPECT AND RETURNED TO COCKPIT. FLT ATTENDANT #1 NOTIFIED ME THAT THERE WAS INDEED A LEAK AND A DECISION WAS BEING MADE; SO I HELD OFF ON STARTING MY SVC. UPON NOTICE; I RETURNED ALL CARTS AND LOCKED DOWN THE GALLEY TO PREPARE FOR LNDG (RETURN TO MIAMI). PAX WERE INFORMED BY CAPT THAT WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO MIAMI; EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE LNDG. UPON LNDG AT MIA; ACFT WAS MET BY RESCUE VEHICLES JUST AS A PRECAUTION. THE CAPT ONCE AGAIN INFORMED PAX ALL WAS WELL AND NOT TO BE ALARMED BY THE RESCUE VEHICLES. PAX REMAINED CALM AT ALL TIMES. WE RETURNED TO THE GATE; WERE GIVEN A NEW PLANE; AND GOT ON OUR WAY TO CCS AT XB50. I THINK THAT THE OCCURRENCE WAS HANDLED WELL BY ALL INVOLVED AND REALLY WAS A 'NON OCCURRENCE' BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS WERE HANDLED. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THE PAX WAS NOT AFRAID TO POINT OUT WHAT HE FELT MIGHT BE A CONCERN. WE (BEING THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX) ARE THE EYES FOR THE COCKPIT IN THE CABIN.