With its versatile performance capabilities, including the ability to land and take off from short and unpaved runways, our King Air B200 can be used for Medevac and Organ transport.

In medevac configuration, the aircraft carries a Lifeport PLUS-system which incorporates a stretcher for a single patient, as well as high-tech medical equipment including Compresses Air, a Vacuum system, a 3-outlet 1000 Watts inverter and a 3,500-litre oxygen system. Additional equipment can be added with the requisite patient care administered by up to two clinicians, depending on each individual mission.

An aircraft has crashed at London Southend Airport.

Essex Police said it was alerted to a 12-metre plane on fire at the site in Southend-on-Sea shortly before 16:00 BST on Sunday.

John Johnson, 40, from Billericay, Essex, was watching planes with his wife and children when he saw a "huge fireball".

The airport said it would be closed until further notice and passengers due to travel tomorrow should contact their airline for information. The airport added all flights to and from the site had been cancelled. A spokesperson said: "Our thoughts are with those affected by today's events and all passengers impacted by this disruption. "We will restart flight operations as soon as possible and will continue to update the public on developments."

A huge cloud of black smoke is rising into the air. There is fire on the ground and also filing the cloud of thick smoke. It is coming from the edge of an airfield with trees just behind it. The sky is clear blue, in stark contrast with the 'fireball'.

Mr Johnson was at the airport with his wife and children to watch aircraft activity as "my sons are really into planes". His family waved at the pilots of the aircraft before it went down, he said. "You could see [the pilots] smiling and we all kind of smiled back, the aircraft then turned 180 degrees to face its take off point, powered up its engines and powered past us, carrying on down the runway," he told the BBC. "It took off in probably three or four seconds. It started to bank heavily to its left. I said to my wife, that's unusual. We don't find aircraft normally turning at that stage in their ascent. Within a few seconds of that, the aircraft almost inverted and hit the ground. There was a huge fireball."

He called 999 to report the incident.

'Running towards it'

James Philpott, a bartender at the Rochford Hundred Golf Club, had been in a hut in the middle of the course when he felt "a big heatwave".

"I looked up and there was a massive fireball, basically," he told the BBC. "Everyone was just quite shocked… we haven't seen anything like this.
People were sort of running towards it to see if anyone was injured."

People were evacuated from the course due to its close proximity with the crash, but Mr Philpott said some people remained in the clubhouse as it was further away.

The chairman of Westcliff Rugby Club, which is near Southend Airport, said people at the club did not have to evacuate following the plane crash. Pete Jones said: "That didn't happen in the end [police] changed their mind. We've got a big event there, 250 people, and they just said no, you don't have to evacuate." Mr Jones said the aircraft went down about 1,000m from the clubhouse and that people there could see smoke in the aftermath.

Essex Police said it was working with the Air Accident Investigation Branch. Ch Supt Morgan Cronin said: "In these very early stages it is vital we gather the information we need, and continue supporting the people of Essex." The force asked people to keep its emergency lines open by using its dedicated major incident portal when contacting them about the incident.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the incident at 15:58 and has asked people to avoid the area if possible. A spokesperson said: "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."

The transport secretary said her "thoughts are with all those involved" in the Southend Airport crash and that she was receiving "regular updates". In a post on X, Heidi Alexander said: "I'm aware of the tragic incident at Southend Airport this afternoon. The emergency services are on scene and are advising the public to avoid the area where possible. I am monitoring the situation closely and receiving regular updates."

Earlier in the evening the Labour MP for Southend West and Leigh and the Southend City Council's cabinet member for business, culture, music and tourism, said they had been made aware of the incident. David Burton-Sampson and Matt Dent posted on X that their thoughts were with those involved and with the emergency services responding to the incident.

An Amazon delivery driver has died in a crash involving a train and their van at a level crossing.

The train struck the vehicle at the crossing in Lower Road, Teynham, at about 12:45 BST, Kent Police said.

Police, ambulance and the fire service attended but the driver died at the scene.

Southeastern, which operates trains in the area, said it was "deeply saddened" and its thoughts were with the person's family "at this incredibly difficult time".

An Amazon spokesperson said in a statement: "This is a terrible incident and our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the delivery driver's family and loved ones during this difficult time.

"We will work with police and the delivery service provider as they investigate."

The crash has caused major disruption to rail services in Kent, with the line, between Gillingham and Faversham, blocked for much of the day.

A replacement bus service is in operation.

David Davidson, chief operating officer at Southeastern, said no-one else had been injured.

Passengers from the train involved were transferred onto another train and taken to Sittingbourne for onward travel, he said.

Mr Davidson added: "We are deeply saddened to confirm that the driver of the road vehicle involved in the collision with a train earlier today has tragically died.

"Our thoughts are with their family and loved ones at this incredibly difficult time."

Steve White, Southeastern managing director, said the company was "fully assisting the Rail Accident Investigation Branch with their investigation to understand exactly what happened".

Southeastern Railway said disruption was expected until the end of the day.

Services running between Gillingham and Faversham reopened shortly after 20:30.

Mr White said the company was expecting to run a full service on Monday.

Rail replacement transport will operate from Chippenham calling at; Melksham; Trowbridge and Westbury.

Rail replacement transport from Westbury will be request stops. Please speak to station staff.

Started running late from Pewsey onwards and was eventually 50 minutes late into Newquay.  Still well in time for the return trip.

Some "is there a Dr here" announcements. Hopefully soemone found! Train was a bit of a sun trap but outside is fairly breezy so hopefully this helped! Someone appeared to be recording as i left the platform.

Is AC that hard to get right in 2025?

On the 1810 PMH-CDF which was down to go to BRI after a few journeys so camcelled they were of no use. Air con either failed or just not ebough for the conditions. At SOU guard announces the cab is at 40C and he's seeing double so not going further. Next he's collapsed on platform.

Flying ants can be a big problem in large numbers and in the wrong place. I had them emerge each year from a nest right next to the house, then one year they broke into the kitchen and emerged and flew about there. It was a very professional job: the crack at the edge of the floor screed was too narrow for the big flying ones, so they enlarged it in places - removing the sand and cement grain by grain and piling it in a big heap beside their new sally port. I was unable to try using a seagull to dispose of them, not having one in the cupboard.

Cancellations to services between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central

Due to a shortage of train crew between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central fewer trains are able to run on the line towards Cardiff Central.

Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

What has happened?

Due to train crew shortages, we unfortunately have had to cancel the remaining services for the day from Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central via Westbury and Bristol Temple Meads.

What are we doing about it?

We have agreed ticketing arrangements with the other train companies and we have limited rail replacement vehicles running. This will be detailed below.

What are my options?

We are sorry for the delay to your journey today. Below are the current options available to you:

Option 1: Use the National Rail Enquiries real-time journey planner to check if a journey by rail is currently possible. If you are at a station please check the Live Departure Boards or speak to a member of our station team.

Option 2: Your ticket can be used, at no extra cost, with the following operators, in both directions on these routes:

South Western Railway services between Portsmouth Harbour and Guildford. From Guildford you can catch GWR services to Reading.
South Western Railway services between Portsmouth & Southsea and Southampton Central.
CrossCountry services between Southampton Central and Reading

Option 3: Replacement transport provided by us in the form of a limited amount of taxis, will be operating between Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads.

These will be departing Portsmouth Harbour at 20:10 and 22:10. The taxis will call at all calling points the train service would but with a delayed running time due to the increased journey time via road.

Option 4: Travel at a later time. You might want to consider postponing your journey until our service returns to normal.

16:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:26 will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
It will no longer call at Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Radley, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/07/2025 16:56

An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 17:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 19:26.
Last Updated:13/07/2025 16:56

Swaps happen at quite short notice sometimes.  800304, a 9-car, is working this train.

I avoid flying and also never knowingly eat flying ants.  The neighbor's cat has eaten several flying ants without ill effect.

Late substitution / strengthening of a train where the previous one (or two) has (have) been cancelled is to be commended,

Note to self: go easy on flying ant consumption, particularly if intending to fly.

Swaps happen at quite short notice sometimes.  800304, a 9-car, is working this train.

The railway, nationally, has always run on volunteers working additional shifts.

Or are you saying GWR have accepted a contract that can only be performed if volunteers choose to help up, and GWR cannot incentivise the staff to volunteer.  Illogical (but if DfT are involved, plausible)

Here’s one of note: 10:03 and 10:36 London to WoE services cancelled. Yeah it happens, but what’s concerning is the 11:03 Newquay train (making extra stops at Pewsey, Westbury and Castle Cary to cover the cancelled 10:36) is down as a 5 coach IET! Crazy!

Wow, they weren’t joking when they said that fewer trains would run between Westbury and Bristol. Almost a three hour gap between the 8.39 and the next train at 11.36 with this train down as a 2 car 165!