LONDON — A small plane crashed at London Southend Airport, police said Sunday. In a statement, Essex Police said it was alerted just before 4 p.m. local time to the “serious incident” at the relatively small airport, which is around 45 miles east of the capital.

Essex Police said they are on the scene after a "serious incident" occurred at the Southend airport at approximately 4 p.m. local time on Sunday. They said they are responding to reports of a "collision involving one 12 metre plane" and said the emergency response will last several hours.

Emergency services were alerted shortly before 4pm on Sunday to reports of a serious collision involving a 12-metre plane