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Police and forensic teams at Southend Airport on July 14 following a plane crash on Sunday, July 13

Four people have tragically lost their lives in a plane crash at Southend Airport, it is being reported. The airport will stay shut for the foreseeable future following the aircraft's descent into a "fireball".

Shortly before 4pm on Sunday, Essex Police were called to a "serious incident" involving a 12-metre plane collision at the site.

Social media was quickly flooded with images capturing a soaring plume of fire and billowing black smoke from the location of the accident, with onlookers recounting sights of a blazing "fireball". Zeusch Aviation, which operates from Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands, confirmed its SUZ1 service met with an accident at London Southend Airport.

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