London Plane Crash VIDEO: Massive Fireball Erupts At Southend Airport As Small Aircraft Crashes Shortly After Take-Off

London, July 13: In a shocking incident, a Beech B200 Super King Air aircraft crashed shortly after take-off at Southend Airport in London today afternoon. The horrific incident was caught on camera and the video of the incident is doing rounds on social media. It can be seen in the video that a massive fireball erupted soon after the accident occurred. The emergency services rushed to the spot as thick smoke was seen emanating from the burning wreckage of the plane. It is unclear how many people were onboard the aircraft at the time of the crash.

🇬🇧💥❗JUST IN: A light aircraft has crashed shortly upon taking off from London Southend Airport. pic.twitter.com/5I8U2D4HSV

— Molo44 🇮🇹🇺🇦 (@MoloWarMonitor) July 13, 2025

As per reports, the aircraft was a twin-engined turboprop bound for Lelystad in Netherlands. The flight was scheduled to take-off at around 3.45 PM. The plane normally carried 12 passengers. The people present at the spot described the incident absolutely tragic and there are claims that few of them waved at the crew members just before the disaster.

🚨 BREAKING: A jet has just crashed at London Southend Airport, causing a MASSIVE fireball

No word on casuaIties

Pray for those on board! https://t.co/gOS7FSF5nS

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 13, 2025

Breaking : A Beech B200 Super King Air crashed on departure from Southend Airport

The aircraft was scheduled to fly from Southend to Lelystad in the Netherlands pic.twitter.com/TaKu2rmFdRpic.twitter.com/U2ZhqB7ESl pic.twitter.com/UPMt7kklRK

— Jerry Hicks (@JerryHicksUnite) July 13, 2025

The Essex Police issued statement over the tragic incident at London Southend Airport and said, "We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Southend Airport. We were alerted shortly before 4pm to reports of a collision involving one 12-metre plane."

STATEMENT FROM @EssexPoliceUK relating to the ongoing incident at @SouthendAirport

ESSEX POLICE STATEMENT ON SERIOUS INCIDENT AT LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT

They have just posted the following:

We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Southend Airport.
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— David Burton-Sampson MP (@DavidBSampson) July 13, 2025

The police also stated, "We are working with all emergency services at the scene now and that work will be ongoing for several hours. We would please ask the public to avoid this area where possible while this work continues."

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They also said, "As a precaution due to their proximity to the incident, we are evacuating the Rochford Hundred Golf Club and Westcliff Rugby Club. Updates will be issued as soon as is possible."