Southend Airport plane crash witness says jet ‘corkscrewed upside down’ before exploding on impact – as airport remains shut and flights cancelled

One witness entered the London Southend Airport, a small plane entered a fire ball on the effect, before the explosion of ‘upside down’.

The international airport near Southend in ESSEX, Zeusch Aviation flight Suz1 fell just before 16:00 on Sunday, then canceled all flights and was forced to close until the next notification.

Essex police, the airport ’12 -meter -meter reports of a collision ‘reports’ warned and the number of casualties were not approved, although they were called ‘a serious event’, he said.

Images on social media, a fire and black smoke feather immersed in the air from the accident area, witnesses beech B200 Super King atmosphere a ‘fire ball’ announced that it made.

34 -year -old Ben Guppy, who took his 15 -month -old daughter to the fifth floor of a nearby Holiday Inn Hotel to watch the planes get up and landed, told Mailonline. Before the plane began to bend to the left, he saw ‘probably reached 50 meters away from the runway’.

The wholesale director explained the moment of influence: ‘My daughter pointed to her and then she was removed to the left. The left wing went down, the ring wing came. “He’s willing to go left as soon as he gets up.” I thought.

“ It is harsh banking and then the next thing you know, like another hand brake turn. He left very violently and said, “What does he do?” I thought. Until this point, it was only 100 meters above.

And then he threw a tirap upside down on the floor, the plane was in the air for only seconds. I looked at him and the fire ball rose, there was fire and smoke everywhere. Fortunately, my daughter was looking in another way. ‘

A plane ‘Tirboşon’ states that a plane is quickly wrapped around the ground.

After the departure from Southend Airport on Sunday, a small plane fell on the runway and the ‘big fire ball’ exploded

Filming was shared online yesterday.

A group of golfers playing at the nearby Rochford Face Golf Club, a group of golfers running on the wreck was caught on the camera.

Zeusch Aviation at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands confirmed that the Suz1 flight was ‘involved in an accident’ at Southend Airport.

The statement, the company ‘officials actively support the investigation’ and ‘our thoughts with everyone affected’ added.

Zeusch Aviation’s website says the aircraft can be used for medical flights to carry patients or organs. It was also deployed for air mapping flights.

Before going to Southend, the plane flew from the Greek capital in Croatia to Pula on Sunday. Sunday night is planned to return to Lelystad.

The airport was announced on Sunday night and announced that it was closed until the next announcement, that all incoming and output flights were canceled. It will remain closed today.

20 Easyjet flights on Monday and two Eastern Airways flights or arrive at the airport on Monday.

Southend Airport said: ‘Our thoughts are with those who are affected by today’s events and all passengers affected by this disruption.

“ We will restart flight operations as soon as possible and continue to update the public about the developments. ‘

Easyjet said the company’s airport and flights from the airport were ‘directed to alternative airports or can no longer operate’.

Witnesses, the terrible moment, as the plane watched in horror, he fell into a fire ball, he said.

Benfleet made a journey to Holiday Inn at the airport with a bar and a restaurant with a window to watch aircraft on the fifth floor.

The crowd in the bar started screaming, he remembered his wife was miserable.

A small beech B200 aircraft reported to be included in Crash (stock photo)

The airport now advised passengers to communicate with airlines for more information.

The father told Mailonline: ‘I just’? ‘I looked like. I returned to my wife Jess, who passed her hands over her face. He was right in tears.

‘He was still more upset than anything.’

Mr. Guppy said they were about 500 meters away on the fifth floor, so it’s not what we can help. We decided to get our daughter out of there ‘.

He added: ‘I have a lump in my throat on his way home and I am goosefly. Everyone was pulled on the edge of the road while watching the smoke.

On the way back, I stole the police and told them what I saw. They told me they would call me on Monday. ‘

John Johnson, who was at the airport with his children and his wife on Sunday, said that they saw a ‘big fire ball’ after falling to the ground ‘first’.

One witness said the pilot was ‘upside down to the ground, the plane was in the air for only seconds’.

The plane, which often used for mapping and Medivac journeys, completed two trips that day, one from Athens in Greece to Pula in Croatia and then from Pula to Southend, England at 14.51.

In a video circulating online, passengers were seen as boarding with an accident engraved on the other side of the track.

Mr. Johnson from Billericay said to the PA news agency: ‘We all waved the pilots and all of them returned to us.

“ The plane then turned 180 degrees – out, take -off, strengthened, rolled down the runway.

“ About three or four seconds after the departure, he began to make the bank intensively to his left, and then in a few seconds, it was turned upside down and fell to the ground first.

There was a big fire ball. Obviously, everyone was shocked to witness it. ‘

He said he felt ‘shaking’ and that his thoughts were with people and loved ones on the plane.

As a precaution, the police said that because of their proximity to the incident, the Rochford Face Golf Club and Westcliff Rugby Club were released, but Rugby Club President Pete Jones said it was not necessary.

A bartender in the golf club next to the airport, before looking at the sky ‘a big fire ball’ he said he felt a ‘big heat wave’.

James Philpott told the BBC: ‘I was in a hut as in the middle of the course, and I didn’t even see any plane fell or anything, and I just felt a large wave of heat and looked and basically had a big fire ball in the sky.

Essex police, ambulance and firefighters are advised to stay away from the region while the residents are at the scene.

The cops were thrown into the fire immediately after 16:00 and set up a special phone line for information or questions.

The smoke cloud was seen 20 miles away from the Gulf of Tankerton in Whitstable

“ Sitting there, just like I’m cooking, more heat really hit me. ‘

He continued: ‘I think everyone was very shocked to be honest.

‘Some kinds of people were running towards him to see if people were injured or something else.’

In an article in X, the transport secretary Heidi Alexander described the incident as ‘tragic’ and added that ‘his thoughts were with everyone concerned’ and ‘watched the situation and received regular updates’.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, the event Southend, Rayleigh Weir and Basildon’dan crew, Billericay and Chelmsford participated in the off -road vehicles, he said.

Eastern British ambulance service, four ambulance, fast intervention vehicle, four dangerous field intervention team vehicle, three senior medical officers and Essex and Herts air ambulance were sent to the scene, he said.

Smoke clouds can be seen from the parking lot

A fire department was seen at Southend Airport

For Southend West and Leigh, the Labor Party deputy X, David Burton – Sampson said: ‘I am aware of an incident in Southend Airport.

“ Please stay away and let the emergency services do their jobs.

‘With everyone involved in my thoughts.’

Southend Airport contains ‘general aviation plane’ and the airport ‘working close to local authorities’, he said.

Essex police set up a special public portal where people can contact them about the accident: https://esxpol.uk/libaz.