For those of you who didn't see the news...
Aaliyah, the red-hot R&B singer and budding movie star, was killed with seven others Saturday when the small private plane in which they were traveling crashed after takeoff. She was 22.
The entertainer had been shooting a video in the Bahamas and was preparing to return to the United States.
The Cessna 402, which had just lifted off from the Marsh Harbour airport on Abaco Island en route to Opa-locka, Florida, went down shortly before 7 p.m. ET, according to news reports.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known. However, CNN reports the pilot had asked the passengers to leave behind some of their luggage because the plane's load was too heavy, but the passengers refused.
Aaliyah was one of nine on the plane, eight of whom perished in the crash. The lone survivor was airlifted to a Nassau trauma center in critical condition. The identities of the other victims were not disclosed. Officials would only confirm that two women and six men were killed.
Bahamian aviation officials have launched an investigation into the tragedy. Reps for Aaliyah could not be reached for comment.
Read the entire stroy here...
http://movies.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8731,00.html?tnews
Wasn't a fan.. but it's still sad to see someone this young die.
Aaliyah, the red-hot R&B singer and budding movie star, was killed with seven others Saturday when the small private plane in which they were traveling crashed after takeoff. She was 22.
The entertainer had been shooting a video in the Bahamas and was preparing to return to the United States.
The Cessna 402, which had just lifted off from the Marsh Harbour airport on Abaco Island en route to Opa-locka, Florida, went down shortly before 7 p.m. ET, according to news reports.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known. However, CNN reports the pilot had asked the passengers to leave behind some of their luggage because the plane's load was too heavy, but the passengers refused.
Aaliyah was one of nine on the plane, eight of whom perished in the crash. The lone survivor was airlifted to a Nassau trauma center in critical condition. The identities of the other victims were not disclosed. Officials would only confirm that two women and six men were killed.
Bahamian aviation officials have launched an investigation into the tragedy. Reps for Aaliyah could not be reached for comment.
Read the entire stroy here...
http://movies.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8731,00.html?tnews
Wasn't a fan.. but it's still sad to see someone this young die.