Foreign nationals killed in airport plane disaster

FOUR foreign nationals died on board a plane that crashed after taking off from London Southend Airport, Essex Police said.

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The medical transport plane bound for the Netherlands crashed at around 3.48pm on Sunday.

Two Dutch pilots and a Chilean nurse were among those on board, according to a document that lists passengers, the PA news agency understands.

It is also understood that the plane had dropped off a patient at Southend and was due to return to its base in the Netherlands.

Witnesses told of seeing a “fireball”, while images of fire and black smoke were shared on social media.