Four people who died when a small plane crashed at London Southend Airport are believed to be foreign nationals, police have confirmed. The airport has been closed since emergency services were called to the incident involving a Beech B200 Super King shortly before 16:00 BST on Sunday.

A witness who was at the airport with his family said he saw a “big fireball” after the plane “crashed head first into the ground.”

Four people have been revealed to have died in a plane crash at London Southend Airport as investigators try to find out why the aircraft plummeted to the ground seconds after take-off. The airport remains shut after the Beechcraft B200 aircraft crashed to the ground and erupted in a fireball on Sunday afternoon.