Singer/Actress Aaliyah Dies in Plane Crash in the Bahamas.Aaliyah Haughton, (22) died early Saturday morning after the Cessna plane she was in, along with 7 others, were killed after the plane crashed into the marshland in the Grand Bahamas. An eyewitness said "the plane lifted off, climbed steeply into the air, then shortly after, it banked to the left and ditched into the bushes. On impact, the plane burst into flames, some of the persons on board were badly burned," said Leland Russell, assistant superintendent of the Abacos police.  Two others who survived died later of severe burns.  Preliminary police reports said the Cessna experienced unexplained engine failure as it took off for Opa-Locka airport on the outskirts of Miami. Aaliyah was born in Brooklyn, New York, but moved to Detroit when she was 5. She began performing at an early age and by the time she was 11 she was singing in Las Vegas with the legendary Gladys Knight troupe. 
 

Music stars who've died in plane crashes include soul singer Otis Redding died in 1967 when the plane in which he was traveling crashed into a lake in Wisconsin. Bandleader Glenn Miller, whose plane disappeared on a flight from England to France in late 1944 during World War Two. Rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens, who was just 17, died in 1959 when their plane crashed shortly after a concert in Iowa. Singer-songwriter Jim Croce was killed in a 1973 plane crash in Louisiana. Rock band Lynyrd Skynryd's lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines died in a 1977 plane crash in Mississippi. Country and ballad singer John Denver died at the controls of his light aircraft off California in 1997.

At the time of the incident, they were travelling in Kim's new Lincoln Navigator. Shit... no Navigators for me, remember Puffy? Which brings a couple of questions to mind. 
Do Lincoln Navigators come standard with guns in them? And do you automatically assume the role of vigilante? And Do Lincoln Navigators turn you into a stark raving criminal? OR maybe it wasn't Lil' Cease it was the Lil' Con Navigator. There! I just solved the crime.

Anyway, police said Kim had nothing to do with the crime and they allowed her to catch her flight to Detroit. How did they figure this out? Well Officer Royster (a female cop) said four men entered a corner bodega after parking near Adelphi St. and Myrtle Ave. in Fort Greene about 12:30 a.m. and Goody apparently was talking too loud on his cell phone. The suspects told him to tone down the volume, but Goody ignored them and dialed another number. The four men thought he was "calling for backup."  So they left the bodega, waited outside and when Goody came out they fired at least 15 bullets. They weren't Good Shots. He was hit at least once in the right leg and taken to Brooklyn Hospital Center, where doctors said he was in stable condition. The Navigator was found a short distance away, near Fulton St. and St. James Place where they arrested 31 year-old Suif Jackson of Brooklyn, on the spot.

On searching the vehicle, police said they found two recently fired 9-mm. handguns in a hidden compartment and an itinerary saying that Lloyd and Spain were to catch a Northwest flight to Detroit in the afternoon. Lloyd and Spain had been arrested five months ago, when cops caught them in Kim's cherry red Jaguar with a bag of pot and a loaded gun.