US EditionGerman Nurse Among Four Killed in Southend Airport 'Fireball' Plane Crash
SOUTHEND AIRPORT, ESSEX, ENGLAND, JUL 15 – The crash killed all four passengers aboard, including a nurse on her first day, as the plane veered off runway and nose-dived during takeoff, with investigations ongoing.
- A Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft went down shortly after departing from Southend Airport on Sunday, July 13, resulting in the deaths of all four individuals aboard.
- The crash occurred during an attempted takeoff around 4pm when the plane banked left, inverted, and crashed headfirst off the runway.
- Among the dead was 31-year-old Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, a German citizen and nurse who was working her first day as a flight nurse for a private medical firm.
- Police confirmed that all victims were foreign nationals. Lisa Fitzsimons, leading the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, stated that determining the cause of the crash is still in the early stages, but the team will propose safety measures if necessary.
- The crash triggered cancellation of all flights at Southend Airport until further notice, and a fundraiser began to help Ortiz's family with the unexpected expenses of the tragedy.
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The jet, a two-engine Beechcraft King Air B200 owned by the Dutch rental company Zeusch Aviation, was usually used for medical purposes, for the transport of patients or organs to transplant
A Beechcraft B200 Super King Air medical aircraft operated by a Dutch company crashed shortly after taking off on Sunday afternoon. On board, a pilot, co-pilot, health professional and nurse, Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz, all died.
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