Hampshire air crash victims believed to include Osama bin Laden family members

VICTIMS of an air crash in Hampshire are believed to include the sister and stepmother of Osama bin Laden, according to the Saudi Arabian embassy in London.
The private plane crashed on Friday evening (July 31) at car auction lot near the small Blackbushe Airport, leaving the pilot and all three passengers dead. The plume of smoke from the crash was visible for several miles around.
The aircraft, registered to a firm owned by the Bin Laden family, had left Milan Malpensa airport earlier in the day and was expected to land at the Hampshire airport, near the border with Surrey.
The Bin Laden family has multibillion business empire, including huge construction firms, and disowned the dead Al Qaida leader Osama following the September 11 attacks on the US. Bin Laden’s father, Mohammed bin Laden, had more than 50 children.
On Saturday, the Saudi Arabian ambassador in the UK sent condolences to the family: “His royal highness Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdul Aziz, the ambassador of the custodian of the two holy mosques to the United Kingdom, 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.”
The Hampshire police have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the crash with the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AIBB).