Private jet crashes in England killing four people: police (Bin Laden Family)

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

A private jet carrying three passengers and a pilot crashed in southern England on Friday killing all onboard, a spokesman for Britain's Hampshire police service said, saying an investigation into the causes of the incident had been launched.

British media said the plane was registered in Saudi Arabia and had originated in Milan, Italy. Reuters was not immediately able to confirm that information.

Unconfirmed British media reports said the plane had been carrying members of the family of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, who was shot dead by U.S. forces in Pakistan in 2011.

A spokeswoman for the British police told Reuters: "There were no survivors unfortunately. There were four people onboard including the pilot."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/31/us-britain-crash-idUSKCN0Q52LJ20150731

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[valerief]

1. What about the people they crashed on? What's the condition of the motorists? Oh, yes.

They don't matter. Only the .01% matter.

[dhill926]

3. hopefully that's a parking lot....

[Bosonic]

4. It was a car auction site. No car occupants.

[valerief]

6. Thanks. That wasn't in the link. nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. BBC report - lots about the crash and site, nothing about bin Ladens

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-33736685

The reports I'd seen until this thread had been like the BBC one - first that a crash had happened, no apparent casualties on the ground, then 4 in the plane, then Saudi Arabian registered. I'm not sure how reliable the bin Laden report it yet.

[AngryDem001]

7. That looks like a parking lot to me.

But regardless, I'm not gonna shed any tears over the passengers on the plane.

[whatchamacallit]

11. Why not? Were these Bin Ladens complicit in the 9/11 attacks?

Or is it just a name thing?

[7962]

12. Close enough

[whatchamacallit]

14. It's getting all Free Republic up in here

[RufusTFirefly]

19. +1

https://m.

[potone]

15. I read some time ago an article in the New Yorker about one of bin Laden's sons

He said that his father had encouraged him and his brother to become suicide bombers, and they refused. He said that his father cared more about Al Qaeda than he did about the lives of his own sons. So no, not all bin Ladens are the same; I pity anyone whose father, who did everything he could to save his own life, would would make such a request of his own child.

[smirkymonkey]

27. How sad.

I can't understand the mentality of a parent who would sacrifice the life of their own child for a cause. Those kids must be really screwed up by having such awful parents.

[valerief]

13. Friends of Bush. nt

[Alfalfa]

34. +1

[RufusTFirefly]

17. I feel sorry for them. But even more so for you.

I hope you get a chance to see the Wizard. You're definitely missing something.

https://m.

[truebluegreen]

2. Crap. What happened to the people on the ground? nt

[davepc]

16. They have a good insurance claim, I'd imagine.

[truebluegreen]

21. Or their heirs do.

eta: Good--unoccupied vehicles

[davidpdx]

31. See #4

It was a car auction place.

[truebluegreen]

32. Whew.

Too bad about the passengers; glad it wasn't worse.

[grasswire]

5. !!!

My spidey sense is tickling.

[AngryDem001]

8. Good riddance.

[Humanist_Activist]

20. Were these people guilty of something that made them deserve death? n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

22. For some people, apparently an accident of birth is an excuse for gross inhumanity

After reading some of the posts on this thread, I feel I need a shower.

[sheshe2]

26. I cry with you Rufus. nt

[RufusTFirefly]

28. Thanks sheshe!

[RufusTFirefly]

23. Buh-bye!

You may have the greatest insights on other subjects, but clearly you are missing something crucial when it comes to basic humanity.

Life's too short and precious not to put you on Ignore.

If I were religious, I would put you in my prayers.

[Alfalfa]

37. +1

[BeyondGeography]

29. It's a big family; I actually went to school with one of his sisters

She was lovely. I hope she wasn't on that plane.

[Alfalfa]

36. If I remember rightly, one of the Bin Ladens was a stripper

Waffa I think her name was.

[BeyondGeography]

38. Wasn't that one!

At least that wasn't her name. I don't want to ID her for whatever weird reason, but the thought of her dying horribly and "good riddance" as the poster said above just don't go together at all in my head.

[Alfalfa]

39. Oh, I know

I think Waffa was in the UK at time. Like you say, their family is huge, they have people all over.

[Alfalfa]

35. I don't hold an entire family responsible for what one member did

[nichomachus]

41. Bringing DU one step closer to becoming just another Free Republic

Hateful post

[whatchamacallit]

9. Any of the ones we snuck out of the country after 9/11? n/t

[glinda]

18. That is the first thing I thought of.

[denbot]

24. Several bailed out of the U.S. a week before 9/11

They left cars, cloths, jewelry, anything that did not fit into suitcases. If they bailed like the house was on fire, they did because they knew what was coming, fuck'em if that was the case.

[Warpy]

10. At least they missed houses

and although it looks like a lot of cars got toasted, the site was described as a "car auction," meaning they were unoccupied. The site is close to an airport, the plane crashing just short of the runway.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-33736685

[IcyPeas]

30. wonder if it was any of these hipsters?

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[Bosonic]

33. Bin Laden family 'on Blackbushe Airport crash plane'

Bin Laden family 'on Blackbushe Airport crash plane'

Family members of Osama Bin Laden were on board a plane which crashed in Hampshire, the Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK has said.

The private jet crashed near Blackbushe Airport, Yateley, on Friday.

In a statement on Twitter, the Saudi ambassador to the UK, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud, offered condolences to the Bin Laden family.

The embassy said it was working with the British authorities to investigate the incident.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33745057

[Marrah_G]

40. It was his half-sister, her husband and her mother.

I think I remember reading somewhere that Bin Ladens father had many wives.

[YoungDemCA]

42. Some of the posts in this thread are disgusting

I guess we should hold a HUGE extended family (not to mention, country of over 20 million people) responsible for what one previously unremarkable member of said family (and his followers - many of whom aren't or weren't even Saudi) did?

Christ on a stick.

Anyway, RIP to the victims of this plane crash.