Four foreign nationals died in plane crash at London Southend Airport

The police believe that four people who died when a small plane crashed at Southend Airport London.

The airport has been closed shortly after 16:00 on Sunday since the call of emergency services, including a beech B200 Super King.

Witnesses, shortly after the removal of light airplanes connected to the Netherlands, described a “fire ball” explosion.

Four people were killed in the accident – two pilots and two passengers – and Essex police said they believed they were foreign nationals at a press conference on Monday.

The names of the four died were not released, but the officers are now trying to verify their identity.

Ch Supt Morgan Cronin said the victims will “be treated with the greatest respect and dignity.”

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has put an important air exclusion zone surrounding the accident area.

All Flights from the airport and airport on Monday They advised them to consult with the passengers.

The aircraft was operated by Zeusch Aviation at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands, which confirmed that it was “actively”. Supporting the authorities with investigation “.

Before going to Southend, the plane flew to Pula from Athens in Croatia on Sunday. He would return to Llystad on Sunday evening.

BBC correspondent Sofia Bettia is located in the center of Zeusch Aviation, a private company operating 14 aircraft.

“This is a small airport in the Netherlands, a small airport on a island east of Amsterdam – and today is almost abandoned.

“We have seen that the airport security personnel reduced the Dutch flag to a half pole at the entrance of the airport.

“Zeusch specializes in medical evacuation flights, special regulations and air shooting for various events.

“We were able to talk to a pilot from another airline. He told us that one of his colleagues was worried that he could be among the victims, because the staff here recognized each other.”

Detectives and judicial teams work in parallel with the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), Royal Air Force, Essex District Fire Brigade and Rescue Service and London Southend Airport to find out what’s happening.

Speaking at a press conference, Lisa Fitzsimons, a senior inspector in AAIB, said, “This tragic accident is too early to think about what causes it,” he said.

“If there are security lessons to be learned, we will make suggestions to prevent a similar accident to prevent the occurrence,” he said.

Eight of the inspectors are now in the accident area.

Essex, 40 -year -old John Johnson of Billericay, witnessed an accident while watching his wife and children.

“You could see [the pilots] He smiled and all of us smiled.

“He probably got up in three or four seconds. He told BBC.

Then within a few seconds, “The plane almost reversed and hit the ground. There was a big fire ball,” he said.

A London Southend Airport Spokesman said: “With those who are affected by our thoughts [Sunday’s] Events and all passengers were affected by this disruption.

He continued: “We will restart the flight operations as soon as possible and continue to update the public about the developments.”