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 Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:34 pm Post subject: Bin Laden Family Members Killed In UK Plane Crash |
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Bin Laden family on Blackbushe Airport crash plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33745057
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The 'devastating' scene after the jet plane crash near Blackbushe Airport was captured on film
Family members of Osama Bin Laden were killed in a private jet crash in Hampshire on Friday, the Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK has said.
It came down near Blackbushe Airport, close to the Surrey border, killing the pilot and all three passengers.
In a statement, the Saudi ambassador to the UK, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud, offered condolences to the Bin Laden family.
The embassy said it was in contact with the British crash investigators.
The statement said: "His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud... has paid his condolences to the family and relatives of Mohammed bin Laden at Blackbushe airport in Britain for the great loss they have suffered as a result of the crash of the plane that was carrying the family."
The embassy added that it was working with the British authorities to ensure the speedy handover of the bodies for funerals and burials in Saudi Arabia.
The plane - an Embraer Phenom 300 - is reported to have belonged to an aviation firm owned by the Saudi-based family of the former al-Qaeda leader.
The Embraer Phenom 300 just before it crashed at Blackbushe Airport
Aviation enthusiast Geoff Pierce took this photograph of the aircraft moments before it crashed
Plume of smoke from the crashed aircraft
Eyewitnesses described a thick plume of smoke following the crash
The plane, which was arriving from Milan, Italy, crashed into a British Car Auctions site at the airfield shortly after 15:00 BST, exploding on impact.
Eyewitnesses at the scene said there had been a "ball of flames" and "several explosions".
The pilot and all three passengers were killed but no-one on the ground was injured, Hampshire Police said.
In a statement, the force said: "We do believe three of the deceased to be the mother, sister and brother-in-law of the owner of the aircraft, all of whom are from the Bin Laden family, but formal post-mortem examinations are ongoing.
"They were Saudi Arabian nationals and visiting the UK on vacation."
It is carrying out a joint investigation with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and has urged anyone with pictures and videos to get in touch on 101.
A spokeswoman for AAIB said a team had been deployed to the site.
In a statement, Blackbushe Airport, in Yateley, which is currently closed, said the jet had crashed near the end of the runway while attempting to make a landing.
Phil Giles, a former air accident investigator, said: "It suggests that the plane either landed too late or tried to take off again when the pilot realised it wasn't going to make the end of the runway.
"Or it may have been a problem with the brakes."
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The Bin Laden family tree
Osama Bin Laden's father Mohammed was originally from Yemen and moved to Saudi Arabia in the 1910s
He became the head of a construction empire that is behind some of the biggest building projects in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Bin Laden, who died in a plane crash in 1968, had many wives, and is estimated to have had at least 50 children
His eldest son, Salem Bin Laden, also died in a plane crash in Texas in 1988
The Bin Laden family - many of whom live in the US - severed ties with Osama before disowning him after the 11 September attacks
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A spokeswoman for Milan Malpensa Airport confirmed the plane had left at 13:30 BST on its way to Hampshire.
The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation tweeted that the plane was a Saudi-registered private aircraft, and said it would support the UK's AAIB in its investigation.
Geoff Pierce, an aviation enthusiast from Fleet in Hampshire, was at Blackbushe airfield and saw the plane come down.
He said the plane did not seem to make a normal approach and appeared to be going at high speed.
"The next thing I knew the siren was wailing on the control tower and then I saw a big plume of black smoke," he said.
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http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=116468&headline=Emergency% 20warnings%20may%20have%20swamped%20crash%20pilot
| Quote: | Emergency warnings may have swamped crash pilot
Tuesday, 27 December 2016 in Transport
EMERGENCY warnings may have “saturated the pilot’s mental capacity” before a plane crash at Blackbushe Airport near Farnham in July last year, killing three members of Osama Bin Laden’s family, an inquiry has found.
The 9/11 mastermind’s sister-in-law, Zouheir Anuaz Hashem, 56, half-sister Sana Mohammed Bin Laden, 53, and her mother, Raja Bashir Hashem, 75, along with pilot Mazen Salim Alqasim, 58, were all killed when the Phenom 300 private jet crashed into a car park owned by Farnham-based British Car Auctions on July 31, 2015.
A report by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) found the Saudi-registered jet, travelling from Milan, landed at high speed and touched down with only 1,437 ft of runway remaining.
It hit an earth bank and crashed into the British Car Auctions site, losing one of its wings and bursting into flames among parked cars.
Airport-based firefighters arrived on the scene within five minutes, but were unable to control the “intense” blaze. Eyewitnesses said it was as though “a missile” had hit the car park, followed by a “huge explosion” and a “ball of flames”.
The AAIB said the pilot and three passengers survived the crash but died after an unsuccessful attempt to open the cabin door of the jet.
The report added the Jordanian pilot may have become “fixated on landing” because of “a very high workload” in the final minutes of the flight.
He came close to colliding with two light aircraft, then began “a very high-speed descent”, dropping at up to 3,000ft per minute and ignoring six “pull up” warnings from the aircraft’s Terrain Avoidance and Warning System (TAWS), touching down at a speed of about 155mph.
“It is possible that in these circumstances the pilot... fixated on his initial strategy (landing) and lacked the mental capacity to recognise that the approach had become unstable,” the report said.
Following the crash, the jet’s operators have installed co-pilots on all Phenom 300 flights. |
Sounds a bit strange to me...
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