A PILOT who crashed in Wytham Woods, near Oxford, is in a serious but stable condition, hospital staff said today.

Tom Miller, 52, of Chipping Norton, was found lying near the wreckage of his plane in Great Wood, west of Wytham, on Wednesday.

The married father-of-three was found after a major search-and-rescue operation and was taken by ambulance to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.