Southend Airport has partially reopened after being closed following a plane crash that killed four people. Flights to and from the airport in Essex had been suspended since Sunday afternoon when a medical transport aircraft crashed moments after taking off.

London Southend Airport will partially reopen for a “small number of flights” three days after a small plane crashed, killing four people who were on board. The medical flight, chartered for a patient to be transported for treatment in the UK, crashed within the airport boundary shortly after take-off on Sunday.

Southend airport will reopen fully as investigations continue into the crash of a twin turboprop aircraft that killed four people shortly after take-off