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.”

London Southend Airport in Essex said that it has closed operations until further notice after the police said a small plane crashed at the airport on England's south-east coast on Sunday.

London Southend Airport will remain closed until further notice after a plane crashed in a “fireball”.Essex Police said they were alerted shortly before 4pm on Sunday to “reports of a collision involving one 12-metre plane” at the airport,