As the story goes-according to Joe Lynn Turner (from an interview on That Metal Show) the person, Andrew Aycock,  who flew the plane that crashed with Randy was either the bus driver or about to be hired as the bus driver for Rainbow. However Ritchie Blackmore would not have anything to do with him because he had a "black aura" and was either dismissed or never hired. Nevertheless he ended up working for Ozzy and eventually caused the death of himself, Randy and one other. There are numerous other controversial details to go along with this. Randy died 30 years ago this day-one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived, a career cut tragically short by the circumstances above.