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According to the media Police said the plane was leaving Marsh Harbour airport around 6:50 p.m. when it crashed approx 200 feet from the end of the runway and was engulfed by flames. shortly after taking off from the island of Abaco bound for Miami on Saturday night Police said. Aaliyah had just finish filming her video “ROCK THE BOAT” and reportly had taken time off of her tour to do the video. The media has reported that Aaliyah and crew had settle on taking a smaller plane. Grand Bahamas Police said all nine aboard, including the pilot, were U.S. citizens. Six passengers died instantly. Three others died later, one of which was Anthony Dodd, 34,who died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday shortly before he was scheduled to be airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. More info pours in about the fatal Cessna Crash that claimed nine lives. There is no indication that drugs played a role in the fatal crash. Bahamian officials are awaiting toxicology tests results that are being done on the plane’s occupants, all of whom died. Luis Morales, had been arrested on a charge of cocaine possession on July 7, After running a stop sign. Morales gave deputies permission to search his car and the crack cocaine was found. He posted bail, and his case was later adjudicated. Morales had a 60 day window to voluntarily report this incident to the FAA, which upon doing so could have had his license to fly suspended or revoked. He still had time to report to the FAA when the planed crashed. Morales had no rules violations against him, but confirmed he had a criminal record. Investigators are reviewing all to find out what caused the crash. They are weighing all of the plane's luggage to see if the plane was possibly overloaded, alone with finding out the weight of each passenger that was onboard the plane. Investigators are also examining the plane's engines and they will be sending some parts of the plane to labs for further inspection. According to media reports the FAA is still attempting to pinpoint the flight's charter company of record. The FAA's records indicate the flight's operator, Blackhawk International Airways, is cleared to fly only as a "single pilot certificate." That is, only one pilot is licensed to fly for Blackhawk, and it was not Morales, who reportly had a certificate to fly a piper, not a Cessna. The registered owner of the plane is SkyStream of Pembroke Pines, Florida. FAA officials said they are trying to determine the link between the two companies. The Bahamian officals have a team that will be flew in to help with the investigation consisting of a representative from the NTSB, the Federal Aviation Administration, Cessna Aircraft Co. and Continental Motors, the engine manufacturer. |
