Bin Laden's eldest half-brother, Salem bin Laden, the subsequent head of the bin Laden family, was killed in 1988 near San Antonio, Texas, in the United States, when he accidentally flew a plane into power lines.
Bin Ladnov oče je bil ubit leta 1967 v letalski nesreči v Savdski Arabiji, ko se je njegov ameriški pilot zmotil med pristankom.