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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ted Hennessey

Nurse and two pilots among dead after Southend airport tragedy

  • A medical transport plane crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport on Sunday afternoon.
  • All four foreign nationals on board died in the crash, including two Dutch pilots and a Chilean nurse.
  • The plane, which had earlier dropped off a patient, was bound for the Netherlands when it crashed within the airport boundary.
  • Witnesses described seeing the plane bank heavily, invert, and crash head first, resulting in a "fireball".
  • London Southend Airport remains closed, and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch is investigating the cause of the crash.

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