Just-released 911 calls captured the desperate moments after a small plane crashed in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood Sunday evening, as neighbors rushed into action. They came armed with sledgehammers, axes and hoses to save a family of four trapped inside the burning aircraft.

All four people aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead, police said Monday.

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.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the Cessna T337G was on approach to North Perry Airport when it "crashed for unknown reasons" about a mile short of the runway.

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According to the NTSB report, the airplane was being flown to another airport for maintenance work on the autopilot system.

A woman who was killed when a small plane crashed at London Southend Airport was on her first day as a "flight nurse", the BBC understands. Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, was a German citizen born in Chile and had previously worked as a nurse in the public sector.

A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.

Family members of some of the victims in November's deadly Falcon Field plane crash plan to sue the city due to alleged dangerous conditions.

Southend-on-Sea City Council leader Daniel Cowan said: "Two major tragedies in a short space of time is clearly going to take their toll on people, which is why we're encouraging people - anyone needing help - to reach out for it."