Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Saturday made a phone call with Bakr bin Laden, chairman of the Saudi Binladin Group, to offer condolences over the deaths of his family members in a private plane crash in Hampshire, UK.

During the call, the Grand Imam extended his sincere condolences to the Jeddah-based family.

Three members of the family were killed when a private jet crashed in southern England on Friday.