Dr.: Aaliyah's Pilot Had Cocaine in System
AP, Nov 19, 2003 2:34 pm PSTAn autopsy found drugs and alcohol in the body of the pilot of the plane that crashed in the Bahamas killing the singer Aaliyah and eight other people in 2001, a doctor testified during a coroner's inquest.
Pilot Luis Antonio Morales had cocaine and traces of alcohol in his system, pathologist Dr. Giovander Raju testified Tuesday at the inquest on Abaco Island, where the crash occurred.
The autopsy findings of cocaine and alcohol were disclosed in July by the Bahamas Department of Civil Aviation.
Investigators have said they believe the twin-engine Cessna 402B was overloaded by 700 pounds when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas en route to Florida on Aug. 25, 2001.
Aaliyah was in the Bahamas to shoot the video "Rock the Boat," which the 22-year-old singer had just finished at the time of her death.
Aaliyah's parents filed court papers in September saying they had reached an undisclosed settlement in a negligence lawsuit against the plane's operator Blackhawk International Airways Corp., owners Skystream Inc. and Gilbert Chacon and flight broker Atlantic Flight Group.
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