Korean Airlines has announced it is to suspend all its flights from Stansted Airport until further notice.

Thursday's move comes two weeks after a Korean Air 747 fell from the sky and crashed in a ball of flames two minutes after taking off from the airport.

All four crew members were killed and local residents were left in shock as the plane came down in Hatfield Forest several hundred yards from the villages of Little and Great Hallingbury.

A spokesman for the airport said: "Korean Airlines has suspended the service until further notice in due consideration to the local community. They are still operating in and out of Heathrow."

Great Hallingbury parish chairman Norman Mead welcomed the move and said: "This is one of the first things we asked for at the time of the crash.

"In view of Korean Airline's recent record it is the least they could do."

But there are still fears and concerns and Mr Mead hoped a press conference to be held at Stansted today would offer some reassurance.

"Four tonnes of the latest make of Jumbo descending on us without good reason has been a very rude awakening," he said.

At the press conference plans for the clean-up operation of the crash site were to be revealed.

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