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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) — Four people were killed in a plane crash at London's Southend Airport on Sunday, local media reported on Monday.
Four people have died, the BBC and PA news agency reported. Police have not yet confirmed the number of casualties.
The 12-metre-long aircraft, believed to be a Beech B200 Super King Air, was owned by Dutch company Zeusch Aviation and was scheduled to fly to Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands.
Zeusch Aviation confirmed that its flight SUZ1 “experienced an incident” at London Airport and expressed sympathy to “all those affected”.
Video footage shows a huge fireball after the plane crashed.
Pictures posted online showed large flames and a cloud of black smoke after the crash, which happened on Sunday afternoon. Essex Police said they received “reports of a collision involving a single 12m aircraft” shortly before 4pm local time /1500 GMT.
Southend Airport said the airport would be "closed until further notice" due to a "serious incident". -0-
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