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Search starts for missing plane Aircraft crash pilot found alive
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A twin-engine light aircraft and its pilot has gone missing over Oxford. A pilot has been found alive after a twin-engine light aircraft crashed near an airport in Oxfordshire.
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 plane was returning from the South Coast when air traffic control lost contact at about 1710 GMT, four miles from Oxford Airport at Kidlington.
A senior pilot is on board the aircraft, which belongs to Air Medical Ltd, a company based at the airport which supplies air ambulances. The surviving pilot, found in Wytham Woods about 2030 GMT, was taken by ambulance to John Radcliffe Hospital.
Police are now searching Wytham Woods, west of Wytham Village. Ambulances and seven fire engines are on standby. The aircraft is owned by Air Medical Ltd, a firm based at the airport which supplies air ambulances.
A Thames Valley Police spokeswoman said it is thought it may have gone down near the village. A police helicopter search team discovered the plane but it took three hours before the helicopter could fly because of poor visibility.
The light aircraft sent a distress signal at about 1709 GMT.
A police cordon will remain around the scene throughout the night.
The Civil Aviation Authority is expected to begin an investigation on Thursday morning.