A doctor was among the four people who died in a plane crash at Southend Airport – as police say they are yet to recover the body of one victim.
Two Dutch pilots and a Chilean nurse, 31-year-old Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz, also known as Fena, died in the crash that caused a fireball at the airport on Sunday.
In an update on Tuesday, Essex Police said it had recovered three bodies and “we’re continuing to work on recovering a fourth body within the next 24 hours”.
“We’re also now able to confirm the flight in question was a medical flight chartered to London Southend Airport for a patient to be transported onward for medical treatment in the UK,” the force added.
“On board the flight when it tragically crashed were the commander and the co-pilot – who are both men – and a nurse, a woman, and a doctor, a man, all of whom died.”
Police said they not yet able to officially confirm the identities of the victims.
The medical transport aircraft had dropped off a patient and was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands when it crashed at about 3.48pm on Sunday.
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