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.

A Chilean-born nurse has been named as among the four people who were killed in a plane crash at London Southend Airport.Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, a German citizen born in Chile, was reportedly on her first day as a flight nurse on board the small aircraft when it came down after take-off on Sunday afternoon.

A small plane has crashed at London Southend Airport on England's south east coast, police said on Sunday. "We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Southend Airport," the local Essex Police said, adding that they were alerted just before 4 p.m. to reports of a collision involving a 39-foot plane.