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A twin-engine light aircraft has gone missing over Oxford, police have said. A twin-engine light aircraft and its pilot has gone missing over Oxford.
Thames Valley Police said the plane lost contact with air traffic control at Oxford Airport at Kidlington at about 1730 GMT. The plane was returning from the South Coast when air traffic control lost contact at about 1710 GMT, four miles from the airport at Kidlington.
The aircraft was four miles from the airport when it happened, police said. A spokeswoman said it is thought it may have gone down near Wytham Village. A senior pilot is on board the aircraft, which belongs to Air Medical Ltd, a company based at the airport which supplies air ambulances.
Six police vehicles are now searching nearby Wytham Woods, west of the village. Ambulances are on standby. Police are now searching Wytham Woods, west of Wytham Village. Ambulances and seven fire engines are on standby.
A resident, who lives on Oxford Road in Farnmoor, said he saw "at least five fire engines and a number of police cars and ambulances speed through" between 1800 and 1900 BST. A Thames Valley Police spokeswoman said it is thought it may have gone down near the village.