Witness: Pilots waved before crashing at London Southend Airport

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2025-07-14

London (PA Media/dpa) - The pilots of a plane that crashed in a "fireball" waved at children shortly before the collision, a witness has said. Essex Police said they were alerted shortly before 4 pm on (1500 GMT) Sunday to "reports of a collision involving one 12-metre plane" at Southend Airport and that they remain on the scene of the "serious incident." Images posted on social media show a plume of fire and black smoke coming up from the crash......

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