Editing Muhammad bin Ladin (section)

== Death ==
On 3 September 1967, Muhammad bin Ladin was killed when his airplane, a [[Beechcraft]] [[Beechcraft Model 18|G18S]], crashed during landing in Usran, 'Asir Province, in southwest Saudi Arabia.<ref>The Bin Ladens – Steve Coll (Penguin, 2008), pp. 118–120.</ref> Following the crash, Muhammad's body was carefully retrieved and prepared for burial.

At dawn the next day, a somber procession conveyed his body from the palace to a family plot in a nearby cemetery. The news of his passing brought profound sadness, as Muhammad was highly esteemed both within the bin Ladin family and amongst the people of [[Jeddah]]. The funeral procession drew an immense crowd, with nearly ten thousand people lining the route to the cemetery. King [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Faisal]], deeply affected by the loss, was a close friend of Muhammad. After the funeral, King Faisal met with the bin Ladin family and informed the children that he was placing them under royal protection. He assured them that they would receive their fair share of the inheritance when they reached the age of 21. With the loss of Muhammad as their unifying figure, Muhammad's many wives, ex-wives, and children began to disperse to different parts of the kingdom, although they still maintained their family connection with the [[Saudi Binladin Group]]. Muhammad's eldest son, [[Salem bin Laden|Salem bin Ladin]], took over the family business and eventually expanded it into an international company.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woolf |first1=Alex |title=Osama Bin Laden |date=1 January 2004 |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |isbn=978-0-8225-5003-7 |pages=24–25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ItdH79_rSMC |language=en}}</ref>