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| Bin Laden plane crash: Jet issued six warning alerts | Bin Laden plane crash: Jet issued six warning alerts |
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| An initial report into a plane crash that killed three members of the Bin Laden family has revealed the jet's warning system issued six alerts. | |
| The aircraft had also overtaken a microlight before it landed and overshot the runway, the Air Accidents Investigations Branch report stated. | |
| The private jet was attempting to land at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire on 31 July. | The private jet was attempting to land at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire on 31 July. |
| The jet's Jordanian pilot was also killed. | |
| Bin Laden's half-sister, Sana Mohammed Bin Laden, her mother, Raja Bashir Hashim, and his brother-in-law, Zuhair Hashim, died in the crash, along with pilot Mazen Al-Aqeel Da'jah Salem. | |
| The Saudi-registered Phenom 300 private jet was descending at a rate of about 2,500 ft per mile at 500 ft (152m) above the aerodrome, the report stated. | |
| During the descent, the aircraft's Terrain Avoidance and Warning System (TAWS) issued six "pull up" warnings on final approach. | |
| According to the report, the Blackbushe runway has an available landing distance of 1,059m (3,474 ft). | |
| Tyre marks indicated the plane landed just 349m before the end of the declared landing area and 438m before the end of the paved surface. | |
| It then crashed into a one-metre high earth bank, causing the nose landing gear and the nose gear doors to detach. | |
| The plane then briefly became airborne before crashing into vehicles at a British Car Auctions site at the airfield, losing one of its wings and bursting into flames. | |
| An inquest into the deaths was opened and adjourned earlier. |