00:00Good afternoon, I'm Detective Chief Superintendent Morgan Cronin from Essex Police
00:04and I'm overseeing the investigation into the incident here at London's Southend Airport yesterday.
00:09Firstly, thank you for your patience as we continue to work with what is an extremely sensitive and complex investigation.
00:17Yesterday afternoon, an aircraft which had landed here earlier in the day took off bound for the Netherlands.
00:24Shortly after take-off, it got into difficulty and crashed within the airport boundary.
00:28Sadly, we can now confirm that all four people on board died.
00:34We are working to officially confirm their identities.
00:37At this stage, we believe all four are foreign nationals.
00:42Our thoughts are with the families and their colleagues at this tragic time.
00:46I can promise that those who have passed away will be treated with the utmost care and dignity.
00:52Our detectives and forensic teams are working in parallel with air accident investigators,
00:57the Royal Air Force, Essex Fire and Rescue Service and London's Southend Airport
01:03to build an accurate picture of what happened.
01:06To aid our investigation, the Civil Aviation Authority has put in place a significant air exclusion zone surrounding the crash site.
01:14We are also speaking with dozens of witnesses, some of whom have already provided video footage and we'd like to thank them for their help.
01:23I know this would have been an extremely distressing scene for them.
01:27I would also like to thank London's Southend Airport and the wider public for their patience and their understanding.
01:33I know there will be a lot of questions about what happened here yesterday.
01:38We are doing all we can to establish the facts and get those answers.
01:43We will provide further updates as soon as we practically can.
01:48I will now hand you over to June Winstanley, Chief Executive Officer of London Southend Airport.
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