AND you thought moving a broken car was a hassle. Passengers landing at an airport in China were staggered when 30 workers were trundled out to PUSH a faulty plane off a runway.

Staff had to roll up their sleeves after the CRJ7 plane's front hydraulic system went haywire, meaning it could not be attached to a tow truck.

With 69 passengers and seven crew still on board, it took them nearly two hours to roll it down a side lane less than 1km away.

One Zhengzhou airport worker said: "Thank God it was only a 20 tonne medium-sized airplane. If it had been a big plane it would have knocked us out."