Regulation & Oversight
Charter Swap Placed Aaliyah's Flight on a Smaller, Riskier Aircraft Through Opaque Corporate Arrangements
A last-minute change in charter arrangements replaced the originally planned Cessna 404 with a Cessna 402B operated by Blackhawk International Airways — an aircraft whose maximum takeoff weight was roughly 700 kilograms lower. Investigators found that Blackhawk and the aircraft's registered owner, S