Yes, it is a sad thing.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/27/aaliyah.death/index.html "Gloria Knowles, who works for Abaco Air Ltd. at Marsh Harbour airport, said
baggage handlers reported the plane was overloaded with suitcases. She said
the handlers and the plane's pilot complained about the heavy load but the passengers insisted on taking everything with them."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2001-08-25-aaliyah.htm She had finished making a music video and was bound for Miami on Saturday when her chartered twin-engine Cessna 402B crashed after takeoff at Marsh Harbour International Airport on Abaco Island.
The craft, which apparently suffered engine failure, exploded on impact 200 feet beyond the runway."
It's sad that the baggage handlers didn't do their job.
It's sad that some passengers think the laws of physics and flight don't apply to aircraft in which THEY are traveling.
It's extremely sad that the pilot-in-command COMPLETELY failed to do his job on the baggage situation. (It's going to be a very easy and lucrative law suit, however.)
It's sad that Fate somehow knows when you are overgrossed and then picks that time to fail an engine on takeoff. It's almost as if someone or something malicious IS watching... and laughing.
It's sad that she and the other eight are gone. Really sad because this was most likely a "preventable" accident.
