<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All four people aboard a small </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/plane-crash" rel="" target="" title="plane that crashed"><span>plane that crashed</span></a><span> shortly after taking off from </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/london" rel="" target="" title="London"><span>London</span></a><span> Southend Airport are dead, police say.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Essex Police said on Monday afternoon (just after midnight Tuesday AEST) work was continuing to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/small-plane-crashes-london-southend-airport/9c41bd43-ae0f-4b55-992f-f3cb007fb99f" rel="" target="" title="formally identify the victims of Sunday's crash"><span>formally identify the victims of Sunday's crash</span></a><span>, none of whom are British.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Beechcraft B200 Super King Air operated by Dutch firm Zeusch Aviation had flown from Athens, Greece to Pula in Croatia on Sunday before heading to Southend. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/corellas-poisoned-springvale-melbourne-rspca-investigating/865788be-47fd-4323-85ee-3e2a33494ebb"><strong><span>Hundreds of dead birds fall from the sky</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was due to return to its home base of Lelystad, in the Netherlands, on Sunday evening. The 12-metre turboprop plane came down moments after takeoff and burst into flames.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Sadly, we can now confirm that all four people on board died," Essex Police Chief Superintendent Morgan Cronin told reporters. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are working to officially confirm their identities. At this stage, we believe all four are foreign nationals."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/london-plane-crash-update-four-killed-in-small-plane-crash-at-london-southend-airport-police-say/e897ec8e-bd5a-4457-9211-55ab760fbef2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zeusch Aviation operates medical evacuation and transplant flights as well as aerial mapping and private charters, according to its website.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The company said that "it is with deep sadness that we confirm there were no survivors among the four people on board flight SUZ1.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the victims, their families, and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time," it said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-backpacker-wa-carolina-wilga-statement/3b13b816-8ec2-41a7-9e71-86184fbcea9e" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Rescued backpacker reveals why she abandoned car</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>London Southend is a relatively small airport about 72 kilometre east of the British capital, used for short-haul flights by airlines including easyJet. The airport remained closed on Monday with no word on when it would reopen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it has sent a "multi-disciplinary team including inspectors with expertise in aircraft operations, human factors, engineering and recorded data" to the airport.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As part of our investigation, we are liaising with other state investigation authorities," said Lisa Fitzsimons of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At this stage, it is too early to speculate on what may have caused this tragic accident."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Beechcraft B200 Super King Air, first built in the 1970s, is an aviation workhorse used for a wide variety of roles around the world.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2017, a plane of the same model crashed into the roof of a shopping mall in Melbourne, Australia moments after takeoff, killing the pilot and four American tourists.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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