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The plane crash that claimed the lives of three members of Osama bin Laden's family has been questioned by a pilot who uses the same airstrip.

Simon Moores regularly flies into Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire and has said the horrific crash "doesn't make sense".

Bin Laden's stepmother Rajaa Hashim and his half-sister Sana are understood to have been on board the jet when it crash-landed onto dozens of cars and burst into flames on Friday afternoon.

Speaking to Sky News, Mr Moores said the private jet in question, a Phenom 300, had every possible safety function that should have prevented the horror crash from happening.

Bin Laden's brother-in-law, Sana's husband, Zuhair Hashim, was also among the dead.

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The pilot said the plane only needs up to 800m to land, but the bin Laden plane overshot a landing strip measuring 1,300m as it attempted to land after travelling from Milan.

He said: "Why, if (the pilot) thought his angle was completely wrong - which is what happened in this case - didn't he power up the engines, simply go round, and try again?"

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The Jordanian pilot was also killed in the crash - following which Saudi's ambassador released a statement confirming the deaths.

He wrote: "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."

Terror chief Osama bin Laden was shot and killed by a crack squadron of US forces during a daring raid in Pakistan four years ago.

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Bin Laden, who claimed responsibility for the September 11 2001 attacks in the United States, is believed to have had more than 50 brothers and sisters and many stepmothers.

His billionaire father Mohammed founded the Binladen Group, a sprawling construction conglomerate awarded many major building contracts in the Sunni kingdom. He died in a plane crash in Saudi Arabia in 1967.

The Bin Laden family disowned Osama in 1994 when Saudi Arabia stripped him of his citizenship because of his militant activities.

The al Qaida leader was killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011.

In the aftermath of the plane crash, a dark plume of black smoke could be seen twisting into the sky, while an orange-red ball of fire raged below.

The fire appeared to be in the middle of a car park, with vehicles lined up for inspection at the auction site based at the airport.

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Scorched debris from the jet could be seen strewn among the dozens of severely damaged cars.

Police said they have launched a joint investigation with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).

An airport spokesman said: "Blackbushe Airport confirmed that a Phenom 300 jet with four persons on board crashed near the end of the runway around 3.09pm while attempting to make a landing."

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Robert Belcher, a local aviation enthusiast, said he was driving home when he saw a plume of black smoke coming from the site.

He said: "I was passing the airport on my way home and there was a big column of smoke in the air.

"I could see the plume of smoke waving from about five miles away and was hoping it was just a car fire rather than an aircraft accident."

A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with the Saudi Arabian authorities following the air crash in Hampshire on July 31, including to offer advice on repatriation."