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.

A plane crashed at London Southend Airport in Essex, England, on July 13. Essex Police and the East of England Ambulance Service responded to the scene. A local resident who witnessed the crash recalled,

Police say four people died aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport.