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Bin Laden family plane crash inquest begins Bin Laden family members 'incinerated' in plane crash
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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 died after their pilot became "overwhelmed" as he approached Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, a court has heard.
An inquest into the deaths and that of the pilot heard all four victims were "incinerated". A jury returned a narrative verdict at the inquest into the deaths of the family and pilot.
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 heard the victim's bodies were "incinerated".
The inquest comes two years after the crash which happened in July 2015 when a jet crashed into a car auction site. The jet the victims were on crashed into a car auction site next to the airport in July 2015.
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, 56, half-sister, Sana Mohammed Bin Laden, 53, and her mother Raja Bashir Hashim, 75, were killed along with pilot Mazen Al-Aqeel Da'jah Salem, 58.
They all survived the crash impact but were "incinerated" by the fire, the inquest heard. Det Sgt Paula James of Hampshire Constabulary told the jury they all survived the crash impact but were "incredibly charred" by the fire and had to be identified using dental records.
The family had been travelling from Milan, Italy, having attended a wedding in Lake Como.
Sana's brother Saad Bin Laden told the court his last communication was a picture of all three of them sent that morning via WhatsApp.
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. The report added 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. The investigation didn't identify a technical cause for the accident.
He said: "They may have attempted to vacate the aircraft but that attempt proved unsuccessful." 'Horrendous noise'
A jury in Basingstoke is hearing evidence into the accident. A jury in Basingstoke heard evidence from the accident, including an eyewitness account.
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. John Goodey, who was working at a car auction site next to the airfield, said: "It flew over the fence, it was bouncing on all the roofs of the cars. The noise was horrendous."
The Bin Laden family disowned Osama in 1994 when Saudi Arabia stripped him of his citizenship because of his militant activities. He said he could see wires sparking off the back of the aircraft before it exploded.
The al-Qaeda leader was killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011. Concluding, Mr Bradley said: "Blackbushe is not an all-singing, all-dancing airport and instructions from the control tower are not what you would get from Heathrow and Jeddah.
"He was approaching too fast, touching down at the wrong point, he's making a decision to continue with his landing until it's too late."
Al-Qaeda leader Bin Laden claimed responsibility for the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US and 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. He was killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011.