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| Three members of Osama Bin Laden's family had to be identified by their dental records after a plane crash at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, a court has heard. | Three members of Osama Bin Laden's family had to be identified by their dental records after a plane crash at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, a court has heard. |
| An inquest into the deaths and that of the pilot heard all four victims were "incinerated". | An inquest into the deaths and that of the pilot heard all four victims were "incinerated". |
| North Hampshire Coroner's Court was told the plane overshot the runway and burst into flames. | North Hampshire Coroner's Court was told the plane overshot the runway and burst into flames. |
| Coroner Andrew Bradley said they all died in an "intense" blaze. | Coroner Andrew Bradley said they all died in an "intense" blaze. |
| The inquest comes two years after the crash which happened in July 2015 when a jet crashed into a car auction site. | The inquest comes two years after the crash which happened in July 2015 when a jet crashed into a car auction site. |
| Bin Laden's brother-in-law, Zuhair Hashim, half-sister, Sana Mohammed Bin Laden, and her mother Raja Bashir Hashim were killed along with pilot Mazen Al-Aqeel Da'jah Salem. | |
| They all survived the crash impact but were "incinerated" by the fire, the inquest heard. | |
| A report previously published by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) said emergency warnings prior to landing may have "saturated the pilot's mental capacity". | A report previously published by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) said emergency warnings prior to landing may have "saturated the pilot's mental capacity". |
| AAIB inspector Afandi Darlington told the inquest the Bin Laden family were found close to the plane door. | |
| He said: "They may have attempted to vacate the aircraft but that attempt proved unsuccessful." |