This happened during 2014, at Sialkot International Airport, Pakistan when a Boeing 737-400 did a High Power Engine Runup.
A Shaheen Air Boeing 737 was damaged in the incident.
Bricks came loose from the pavement and struck the horizontal stabilizer. We can only imagine the unnecessary and substantial repair expenses for both the aircraft and the runway infrastructure.
Oh, how I wish there was a video of this. Engines shredding the pavers, throwing them away… Luckily, no one was hurt.
This incident serves as a stark reminder of the importance of conducting engine runup procedures in designated areas with suitable surfaces to prevent such costly and potentially dangerous occurrences.
Oooh! That’s going to be paperwork! (But why was the surface constructed of pavers?)
Turbo-pneumatic loader/scraper/dozer/excavator.
Low cost ..cost cutting..also had video of it
Vec videno u Podgorici.Svercerski avio IL-76 kargo,nabacao kamenje na platformu sa trave.Putnicu preskacu kamenje da se ukrcaju u avion.A posadi traze startuju avion I polete na vreme.Odbio sam.Cistilla je vojska 4h
The engines do the opposite of what those bricklayer guys did…painstakingly…but in way less time and not painstakingly.
Had something similar happen on a tanker engine run. Peeled back a badly deteriorated layer of pavement behind the engine. It came up as both pieces, and a 6′ by 8′ sheet.