RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115628222972218040
Site 31* at #Baikonur is the country’s only pad presently configured to handle launches of the #Soyuz rocket. A platform located beneath the rocket with a mass of about 20 metric tons was apparently not secured prior to launch, and the thrust of the vehicle ejected it into the flame trench.
* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Launchpad+31/6&layer=OpenStreetMap