Aaliyah's body has been flown back to New York from the Bahamas where she was killed on Saturday night.

A hundred people gathered outside the funeral home as a white box containing the singer's body was lifted into a hearse. The bodies of the other eight victims of the plane crash are also being flown back to the US. An investigation has begun into the causes of the accident. "We're not going to take shortcuts with it," said Superintendent Marvin Dames, head of the police central detective unit. He said it is too early to determine why the plane crashed.