New Delhi, July 14 -- A small plane crashed at London Southend Airport on Sunday. A purported video going viral claims to show the Beechcraft B200 Super King Air erupting in a fireball. A witness to the London plane crash reportedly said it crashed second after the takeoff.

One X user shared the video, claiming that a small aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from London Southend Airport on Sunday, "erupting into a massive fireball and sending thick black smoke into the sky."

"The plane, identified as a Beech B200 Super King Air, had departed at 3:48 p.m. and was en route to Lelystad, Netherlands," according to Flightradar, the X post claimed.

It claimed eyewitnesses reported that "just seconds after take-off, the plane veered shar...