What sort of plane was involved in the crash?published at 13:45 British Summer Time
Tom Symonds
BBC transport correspondent
Image source, AIRTEAMIMAGESThe Beech B200 Super King Air that crashed at Southend Airport is a bit like a Land Rover of the skies.
It’s like an all-purpose vehicle and we can see that it has been rented out for roles including medical evacuation, moving transplant material, aerial mapping, that sort of thing.
The profile of this crash, with witnesses describing the plane veering to the left, suggests loss of power in the left engine.
The records of this type of aircraft show similar crashes over the last 10 years or so.
In one in particular, in Australia, there was a warning after that crash that the throttle levers – that control the power to the two engines – could slip back, reducing the power.
One former aviation accident investigator that I’ve spoken to said that is an area that might be investigated – but these planes can fly with one engine.