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Four dead after plane crash at London's Southend airport
& Jabed Ahmed
Four people died after a 12-metre-long aircraft crashed "head first into the ground" shortly after take-off from London Southend Airport on Sunday afternoon.
The incident involved Zeusch Aviation's SUZ1 flight, a Beech B200 Super King Air, which had flown from Athens to Pula before heading to Southend and was scheduled to return to Lelystad.
Witnesses described seeing a 'massive fireball' following the crash, with one stating the plane banked heavily and inverted after take-off.
Southend Airport remains closed until further notice, leading to the cancellation of at least ten easyJet passenger flights and affecting around 1,700 passengers.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has launched an investigation into the crash, with a multi-disciplinary team on site.
How Southend airport plane tragedy unfolded as four killed in plane crash
