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. All flights to and from the airport have been cancelled while police, emergency services and air accident investigators are attending the incident, London Southend Airport said in a post on X. “We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Southend Airport,” the local Essex police said, adding that they were alerted just before 4 p.m. to reports of a collision involving a 12-metre (39.4-foot) plane. It was unclear how many people were on the plane.
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