Summary

THE OWNER OF THE PLANE THAT CRASHED KILLING SINGER AALIYAH IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. AGENTS SEARCHED HIS SOUTH FLORIDA HOME, TAKING A COMPUTER HARD DRIVE AND PAPERS.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 218619
Story Slug Aaliyah - Investigation
Location Miami, FL
Format PKG
Date 11/21/2001
Archive Time 15:24
TRT 1:25
Supers Marsh Harbour, Bahamas August 26 Pembroke Pines, Florida Mark Londner, Reporting
Video Description VIDEO OF AALIYAH (NOT LICENSABLE), CU OF PLANE THAT KILLED SINGER, STILL PICTURE OF PILOT, CU OF DOCUMENTS, PAN OF DOCUMENT STATEMENTS, VIDEO OF DAMAGED PLANE, SHOT OF INVESTIGATORS IN FIELD, SHOT OF SUSPECT HOUSE, GRAPHIC, OUTSIDE OF HOUSE.
Description THE OWNER OF THE PLANE THAT CRASHED KILLING SINGER AALIYAH IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. AGENTS SEARCHED HIS SOUTH FLORIDA HOME, TAKING A COMPUTER HARD DRIVE AND PAPERS.
Script LEAD: MONTHS AFTER THE CRASH THAT KILLED R AND B SINGER AALIYAH, THERE'S A STUNNING NEW TWIST AND A SOUTH FLORIDA CONNECTION.. IT'S A CONNECTION THAT'S BROUGHT FEDERAL AGENTS TO A HOME IN PEMBROKE PINES...REPORTER MARK LONDNER HAS THE DETAILS. (TAKE PKG) SCRIPT: THE DEATH OF SINGER AALIYAH NEARLY THREE MONTHS AGO SHOCKED MUSIC FANS AND THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. SHE AND SEVEN MEMBERS OF HER ENTOURAGE WERE KILLED ON TAKEOFF FROM MARSH HARBOUR IN THE BAHAMAS. THEY WERE HEADING TO SOUTH FLORIDA AFTER SHOOTING A MUSIC VIDEO. ALSO DEAD, PILOT LUIS MORALES. IN THEIR REQUEST FOR A SEARCH WARRANT, FEDERAL AGENTS SAY HE NEVER TOOK THE REQUIRED TEST TO PROVE HE WAS COMPETENT TO FLY THE CESSNA 402B WHICH CRASHED. AND FEDERAL AGENTS SAY A WITNESS SAYS THE PLANE HAD TROUBLE TAKING OFF FROM FLORIDA ON ITS WAY TO THE BAHAMAS. AGENTS SAY THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE OWNER OF BLACKHAWK AVIATION -- WHICH OPERATED THE PLANE -- TO TURN OVER THE PLANE'S MAINTENANCE LOGS OR INFORMATION ABOUT PILOT MORALES. YESTERDAY, AGENTS SEARCHED THE PEMBROKE PINES HOUSE OF GILBERT CHACON -- IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY GOT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. BUT IN THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE SEARCH WARRANT, FEDERAL AGENTS ENFORCEMENT SAID THEY HAVE "PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE" CHACON COMMITTED CRIMES INCLUDING LYING TO FEDERAL AGENTS, FALSIFYING OR CONCEALING MATERIAL FACTS IN HIS CAPACITY AS AN AIR CARRIER, AND OBSTRUCTING LAW ENFORCEMENT CHACON WAS NOT AT HOME OR DID NOT ANSWER THE DOOR WHEN 7 NEWS WENT TO HIS HOUSE FOR COMMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. (ANCHOR TAG) NO COMMENT FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, EITHER, BUT THESE DOCUMENTS STRONGLY SUGGEST WE COULD SOMEDAY SEE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THE CRASH WHICH KILLED SINGER AALIYAH AND EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE. } RECAP
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