London Southend Airport will remain closed until further notice after a plane crashed in what witnesses described as a "fireball". Essex Police said it was alerted to a plane on fire at the site in Southend-on-Sea shortly before 16:00 BST on Sunday.

A small plane crashed at London Southend Airport in Sussex, England, on Sunday, killing all four people on board, according to local officials.

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.”