Aeroflot B738 at Moscow on Apr 23rd 2014, tail scrape on departure

An Aeroflot Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BZA performing flight SU-1462 from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Novosibirsk (Russia), accelerated for takeoff from Sheremetyevo's runway 25L, with passenger Yuriy Popov operating his video camera, when during rotation a brief jolt and sound of scraping was heard. The aircraft became airborne and climbed out, the crew continued the flight to Novosibirsk where the aircraft landed safely on runway 25 about 3.5 hours later.

Rosaviatsia reported a post flight examination revealed minor scrape damage to the tail skid assembly. The aircraft was released to perform the return flight SU-1463 the next morning departing on schedule about 12 hours after landing.

Passenger video of departure (Video: Yuriy Popov):