A small plane has been destroyed and the pilot injured after crashing into a block of flats in Oxfordshire, emergency services have said. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it arrived at the scene of the collision in Upper Heyford, near Bicester, at around 12.18pm on Saturday.
The service shared a dramatic photograph of the crumpled aircraft beside the damaged exterior wall of a property, which Thames Valley Police (TVP) said was an empty block of flats near Camp Road. A spokesperson for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said one person was taken to hospital following the crash, which TVP identified as the pilot.
The fire service said: “At 12.18 today crews from Bicester, Deddington and Banbury supported by our specialist rescue tender crew from Kidlington fire station and water carrier from Wheatley attended to support our colleagues from Thames Valley Police and South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust with a light aircraft crash at Upper Heyford.
