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Relatives of Bin Laden perish in Hampshire plane crash
2015-08-01
[Times of Israel] Members of Osama Bin Laden's family were among the victims in the crash of a private jet in Britain, the Saudi embassy in London said Saturday in a message of condolences.

Four people died when the Saudi Arabia-registered plane plowed into a car auction site and burst into flames in southern England on Friday. Britain's Daily Mail reported that bin Laden's stepmother and half-sister were believed to be among the dead.

Local police said the pilot and three passengers died when the Phenom 300 jet attempted to land at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire and that no one was injured on the ground.

The Saudi ambassador "offered his condolences to the sons of the late Mohammed bin Laden and their relations for the grave incident of the crash of the plane carrying members of the family at Blackbushe airport," read a statement posted on the embassy's official Twitter account.

It did not confirm the identities of those killed. The embassy also said it would work with British authorities to investigate the incident and repatriate the bodies for burial in Saudi Arabia.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Czech heroes of WWII also perished at RAF Hartford Bridge, also referred to as 'Blackbushe.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-08-01 12:45  

#2  Car auction facility and all that. Make it a Top Gear episode...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2015-08-01 09:47  

#1  Is it irony that they died flying a plane into a building? Or is it justice?
Posted by: Airandee   2015-08-01 08:00  

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