Russian carrier Transaero is gradually returning three aircraft to service after they were all damaged in ground-handling incidents within hours of one another at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

Two Boeing 747 aircraft were struck by high-loading catering vehicles on 12 January – the first at 06:00 and the second at 21:00 – which damaged the outer skin of the fuselage. No passengers were on board either aircraft.

On the same day, says a spokesman for Transaero, an unsecured service ladder tipped over as the result of air disturbance from another taxiing aircraft, damaging the wing of a Transaero Boeing 737 which was parked on the ramp.

The first 747 incident resulted in a three-hour delay to a flight to Hurghada in Egypt while Transaero had to accommodate passengers aft

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