On August 25, 2001, a Cessna 402B carrying R&B superstar Aaliyah crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas, claiming all nine lives on board. Discover how multiple preventable factors—an overloaded aircraft, an unqualified pilot with falsified credentials and substances in his system, and a charter company operating without proper authorization—led to this devastating tragedy. The episode also reveals how Aaliyah herself sensed the danger and refused to board, only to allegedly be given an unidentified pill before being placed on the doomed flight.

Sources:

• Official accident investigation report from the Bahamian Civil Aviation Department
• My Favorite Murder episode #304 titled "Show-Off Time"
• Wikipedia articles on Aaliyah and the 2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash
• "Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah" by Kathy Iandoli (2021)

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Credits:

Final Boarding Call is hosted by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas, researched and written by Alice Stern, produced and edited by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas.