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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. | 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. | 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". |
The report also said the aircraft, a Saudi-registered Phenom 300, landed too far down the runway because it was travelling 40 per cent faster than the recommended speed. | |
AAIB inspector Afandi Darlington told the inquest the Bin Laden family were found close to the plane door. | 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." | He said: "They may have attempted to vacate the aircraft but that attempt proved unsuccessful." |
A jury in Basingstoke is hearing evidence into the accident. | |
Bin Laden, who claimed responsibility for the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, is believed to have had more than 50 brothers and sisters and many stepmothers. | |
The Bin Laden family disowned Osama in 1994 when Saudi Arabia stripped him of his citizenship because of his militant activities. | |
The al-Qaeda leader was killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011. |