THE plane which crashed in Bladon today had taken off from Oxford Airport, it has been confirmed.

Two people were killed in the crash.

James Dillon-Godfray, who is responsible for development at the airport near Kidlington, said the plane, a Piper Navajo, took off at about 2pm.

He said: "It was doing a local flight. As far as I am aware it came down at about 2.12pm.

"It was nothing to do with training at the airport."