US Edition'Fireball' at Southend Airport After 'Small Plane' Crashes
- On Sunday, 13 July 2025, a 12-metre Beechcraft B200 twin-engine aircraft went down soon after departing from London Southend Airport.
- The crash occurred following the plane banking sharply left and inverting, as witnessed by an observer who reported a large fireball at about 4 p.m.
- Essex Police were alerted shortly before 4 p.m. and coordinated with Essex County Fire and Rescue, East of England Ambulance, air ambulance, and multiple fire crews and emergency vehicles at the scene.
- David Burton-Sampson, the Labour MP representing Southend West and Leigh, advised the public to stay clear of the area to enable emergency personnel to carry out their duties, expressing his sympathies for those affected.
- All Southend Airport flights were grounded to support emergency response, and an ongoing investigation aims to determine the crash's cause while authorities continue working at the site.
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Especially the low-cost airline Easyjet, which departs from Southend Airport, is affected. A commercial aircraft had crashed shortly after take-off. How many people were on board was initially unclear.
·Vienna, Austria
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London Southend Airport in Essex, UK, where a Dutch plane en route to Lelystad crashed, is temporarily closed. The Dutch Safety Board is involved in the investigation.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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London's smaller Southend Airport remains closed after a 12-metre plane bound for the Netherlands crashed seconds after take-off on Sunday afternoon. There were no reports of casualties.
·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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