archive-Eric-Schumacher-Rasmussen 08/26/2001. Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash Saturday in the Bahamas. The 22-year-old singer and actress, born Aaliyah Haughton, was one of nine people aboard a twin-engine plane that crashed seconds after taking off from the Bahamas, according to Grand Bahama police superintendent Basil Rahming. All nine died.