Southend Airport is shut and a plethora of flights cancelled after an aircraft crashed moments after take-off.
Bosses say London Southend Airport will remain shut until further notice after the plane crashed in a fireball moments after take-off on Sunday (July 13).
Essex Police were alerted shortly before 4pm on Sunday to “reports of a collision involving one 12-metre plane” at the airport and remain on the scene of the “serious incident”. Four people were on the plane at the time, with police confirming there were no survivors.
One witness said the pilots of the small plane had waved at children just moments before it crashed.
The Beechcraft B200 aircraft, operated by Zeusch Aviation, was equipped with medical systems for transporting patients. The Dutch company specialises in medical evacuations and transplant flights and also runs private charters.
The company, based at Lelystad Airport in The Netherlands, confirmed its SUZ1 flight had been “involved in an accident” at the airport.
As a result of the incident, flights will be cancelled both to and from the airport for at least a day.
Here is the full list of cancelled flights, as of Monday (July 14) morning:
Departures
EZY 5731 06:30 to Palma de Mallorca
EZY 5727 07:00 Malta
EZY 5735 07:30 Pisa
Arrivals
EJU 4661 10:50 Paris
EZY 5732 12:10 Palma de Mallorca
EZY 5736 12:25 Pisa
T3 443 13:15 Newquay
EZY 5728 14:05 Malta
EJU 7511 15:40 Faro
EJU 7552 18:50 Amsterdam
EJU 5519 19:40 Alicante
EZY 5730 22:00 Enfidha
EZY 5702 22:25 Malaga
EZY 5716 23:10 Dalaman
