Four people died when a medical transport plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after take off at a London airport, including a woman who is understood to have been on her first day as a flight nurse.

Everything we know so far - The morning of the accident the plane had taken off from Pula, Croatia, and arrived safely in Southend

London Southend Airport in Essex said that it has closed operations until further notice after the police said a small plane crashed at the airport on England's south-east coast on Sunday.

Flight-tracking service Flightradar indicates that it was a medical transport aircraft, reportedly a Beech B200 Super King Air. So far, it is not known who or how many people were on board or if there were any injuries or fatalities.

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