Aaliyah was an American singer and actress who died Death in a plane crash on August 25 , 2001 , at the Marsh Harbour Airport on the Abaco Islands , Bahamas .

It headed Self_motion westwards , strengthening Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 3 hurricane Catastrophe and passing Motion_directional over the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas on September 25 .