On Monday (July 14), a small aircraft at London’s Southend Airport crashed and burst into flames right moments after takeoff. It was a Netherlands-bound plane which was engulfed in thick smoke and prompting an emergency response by the fire department.

A witness who was at the airport with his family said he saw a “big fireball” after the plane “crashed head first into the ground.”

After the crash, a witness said that the Southend airport's fire service responded straight away, with two fire engines sent to the crash site, followed by local police and ambulances