Fear of Flying.(Aaliyah plane crash)(Brief Article)

Newsweek International, September, 2001

The controversy surrounding Aaliyah Haughton's death in a plane crash is far from over. It turns out the 22-year-old American R&B superstar was hesitant to board the tiny Cessna from the Bahamas to Miami, Florida. One friend who was with her at the airport says Aaliyah was scared of small planes--and had been expecting a larger aircraft. The company producing her video (being shot in the Bahamas) offered to charter a private jet instead, but Aaliyah was anxious to get home to her boyfriend and enjoy her last free weekend before beginning a rigorous fall schedule.

While the pilot, Luis Morales III, was unauthorized to fly the Cessna, U.S. investigators said that the plane was 700 pounds overloaded. Most of the equipment flown down to the island on two cargo...

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