Four dead in Southend Airport plane crash

Images posted on social media showed a plume of fire and black smoke coming from the crash site, while witnesses described seeing a “fireball”

Passengers outside the terminal building at Southend Airport in Essex, where a 12-metre plane crashed shortly after take off on Sunday afternoon. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Four people died in the plane crash at London Southend Airport on Sunday, the PA news agency understands.

The crash, which happened shortly before 4pm, involved “one 12-metre plane”, Essex Police said.