Southend airport shut after small plane crashes

The Beechcraft B200 aircraft crashed about 4pm on Sunday, soon after taking off from London Southend airport. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub David Burton-Sampson, the Labour MP for Southend West and Leigh in Essex, confirmed the incident and said: 'For the people of Southend this is just a really shocking moment to have seen this happen, and our thoughts are with the emergency services who are dealing with this incident right now, and of course those who have been impacted' Southend airport shut and flights grounded after small plane crashes in flames ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/13/serious-incident-at-southend-airport-after-small-plane-crashes The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3uhA7zg Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #southendplanecrash #southendairport #southend #planecrash #plane