Four Dead After Bin Landen Family-Owned Light Aircraft Crashes with a Huge Fireball Into Car Auction at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, UK

AP/The Huffington Post UK | By Sara C Nelson

Posted: 31/07/2015 15:59 BST Updated: 50 minutes ago

Four people - the pilot and three passengers - died when a private jet owned by the family of deceased terrorist Osama Bin Laden crash-landed into a car auction site at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire on Friday afternoon.

The executive Saudi jet burst into flames while trying to land at an airport in southern England, killing all four people aboard.

The plane was reportedly owned by the family of deceased terrorist Osama Bin Laden, although the incident is not thought to be being treated as a terror attack.

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Inspector Olga Venner from Hampshire Constabulary said "sadly, there were no survivors". No one on the ground was hurt. Blackbushe Airport said in a statement that the Embraer Phenom 300 jet crashed near the end of the runway while trying to land at 3:09 p.m.

The airport, used by private planes and flying clubs, is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of London. A British Car Auctions sales center is located at the airport. Andrew Thomas, who was at the center, told the BBC that "the plane nosedived into the cars and exploded on impact." He said he saw the plane and several cars in flames.

Aerial images showed burned debris lying in a parking lot full of cars. Venner said police and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch have launched a joint investigation into the crash.

A spokesman for the Hampshire Fire Service said crews were notified at 3.10pm on Friday. Firefighters from Rushmoor Fire Station and Hartley Wintney were also involved.

Status:	Preliminary
Date:	Friday 31 July 2015
Time:	15:09
Type:	Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300
Operator:	Unknown
Registration:	HZ-IBN
C/n / msn:	50500040
First flight:	2010
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK) (   United Kingdom)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Milano-Malpensa Airport (MXP/LIMC), Italy
Destination airport:	Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK), United Kingdom

Narrative:
An Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 jet was destroyed when it crashed into a car auction next to Blackbushe Airport, U.K..
According to eyewitnesses the aircraft was coming to land on runway 25 when it went down in the parking lot of a car auction. An intense fire erupted, which consumed the aircraft. Blackbushe Airport reported there were four persons on board the jet.
There are no words on any survivors.
Runway 07/25 at Blackbushe is 1335 m (4380 ft) long asphalt runway.
Sources: 
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20150731-0
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3181443/Plane-crashes-Hampshire-car-dealership.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/31/blackbushe-fire-light-aircraft-crashes-car-auction_n_7912238.html??&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067