Incident involving light aircraft at Southend Airport

We were called to an incident involving a light aircraft at Southend Airport today at 3.58pm.

Crews from Southend (two), Rayleigh Weir and Basildon (two), along with off road vehicles from Billericay and Chelmsford attended.

We are continuing to work at the scene with our emergency services and aviation partners.

You can read Essex Police's statement below:

We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Southend Airport.

We were alerted shortly before 4pm to reports of a collision involving one 12-metre plane.

We are working with all emergency services at the scene now and that work will be ongoing for several hours.

We would please ask the public to avoid this area where possible while this work continues.

As a precaution due to their proximity to the incident, we are evacuating the Rochford Hundred Golf Club and Westcliff Rugby Club.

Updates will be issued as soon as possible.

You can read the East of England Ambulance Service's statement below:

Four ambulances, a rapid response vehicle, four Hazardous Area Response Team vehicles, three senior paramedic cars and Essex and Herts Air Ambulance have been sent to Southend Airport responding to reports of an incident involving an airplane.

This is a live incident and still developing.