Osama's Three Relatives Died Flying

Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden's father, older half-brother, and half-sister all died in separate aviation accidents in 1967, 1988, and 2015. His father, Muhammad bin Laden, died in a plane crash in 1967. In 1988, an older half-brother named Salem bin Laden was piloting an ultralight in Texas when it struck high-voltage power lines and fell 115 feet, killing him. In 2015, a business jet carrying a half-sister named Sana bin Laden and Osama's stepmother, Rajaa Hashim, crashed at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, England.

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