Helicopters were seen circling the skies yesterday afternoon.
Three low-flying aircrafts were seen over central Oxford at about 3.30pm.
A screenshot from the flight tracking app flight radar shows an aircraft flew over Kennington, before circling Oxford and heading over Boars Hill.
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Jon Lewis from Oxford said he was picking up his children from school yesterday and stopped to take pictures of the helicopters as they were “unusually loud”.
A spokes person from the Ministry of defence explained why there were helicopters in the Oxford area and said: “In this case the aircraft was part of a formation completing some routine training.”
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