Ukrainian passenger plane damaged after taxiing through wet concrete: airline

A Ukraine International Airlines passenger plane drove through wet concrete while taxiing after landing at a regional airport, the airline said in a statement on Thursday, accusing the airport authority of failing to warn them of the hazard. A senior official at Zaporizhia airport disputed the airline's statement. No passengers on the Boeing aircraft were hurt but the concrete seriously damaged the fuselage and landing gear, the airline said, adding that it was providing alternative means of transport for passengers scheduled on later flights. The airline said that the airport had been carrying out repair work on the runway from March to May 10. But it had given the airline the all clear to fly from May 18. "The official position of the airport is that the aircraft did not go onto wet concrete," said Ihor Bazanov, deputy director of the Zaporizhia airport, adding that the plane was not damaged. <br/>