Summary

INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED THE PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED AALIYAH.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 211634
Story Slug Aaliyah - Crash
Location Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
Format VOSOT
Date 08/27/2001
Archive Time 51:31
TRT 1:20
Supers Marsh Harbour, Bahamas Claude Sawyer, Firefighter
Video Description VARIOUS OF CRASH SCENE, RUNWAY, EXTERIORS OF AIRPORT, SOT FIREFIGHTER, AALIYAH FILE, ROMEO MUST DIE VIDEO (NOT LICENSABLE)
Description INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED THE PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED AALIYAH.
Script INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT'S PLANE CRASH IN THE BAHAMAS THAT KILLED 9 PEOPLE INCLUDING R-AND-B SINGER AALIYAH. (TAKE VONATS) AALIYAH AND HER CREW WERE RETURNING FROM ABACO ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS TO MIAMI AFTER SHOOTING A VIDEO. WITNESSES SAY THEY HEARD THE PLANE SPUTTER SOON AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PLANE WENT DOWN IN A SWAMP ONLY 200 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. RESCUE WORKERS RUSHED TO HELP THOSE WHO INITIALLY SURVIVED THE CRASH. (SOT - Sawyer "There were victims laying all around the aircraft and so we weren't able to immediately put out fires and stuff, we were trying to get those people taken care of." :12) (MORE VO) AALIYAH'S SONG "TRY AGAIN" EARNED HER A GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST FEMALE R-AND-B VOCALIST... SHE MADE HER FILM DEBUT IN LAST YEAR'S "ROMEO MUST DIE." OTHERS ON BOARD THE PLANE INCLUDED A MAKE UP ARTIST, A VIRGIN RECORDS REPRESENTATIVE, A BODYGUARD AND THE PLANE'S PILOT. A POLICE OFFICER SAYS VIRGIN RECORDS HAS OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE VICTIMS' RELATIVES TO FLY TO I WHERE THE BODIES ARE BEING HELD. (ON CAMERA TAG) POLICE SAY THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH... AND SO FAR HAVE FEW ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. AALIYAH'S FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER AND SISTER... AND MOURN FOR THE RELATIVES OF THE OTEHR VICTIMS. RECAP
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