It banked to left 3 seconds after takeoff, inverted & crashed: Eyewitness of London plane crash
John Johnson, who was an eyewitness to a passenger plane's crash moments after takeoff at London's Southend Airport, said the aircraft crashed "head first into the ground". "About 3-4 seconds after taking off, it started to bank heavily to its left and...within a few seconds....it more or less inverted and crashed," Johnson said. The plane is about 12 metres long.