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London Southend Airport Closed Indefinitely After Charter Plane Crash

Flight operations are halted with investigators still probing the cause of Sunday’s crash

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Overview

  • Essex Police and air accident investigators are on site probing the crash that occurred shortly after takeoff on July 13
  • London Southend Airport remains closed indefinitely, with all flights cancelled until further notice
  • The downed aircraft was a twin-turboprop Beechcraft B200 Super King Air, registration PH-ZAZ, operating as Zeusch Aviation flight SUZ1 to Lelystad in the Netherlands
  • No official passenger manifest or casualty figures have been released, leaving the number of people on board and their conditions unknown
  • Bystanders reported seeing an intense fireball and an unusual 180-degree turn before the plane descended and crashed near the perimeter