Would've been better to have some sort of celebration of Maggie, even if it was a planned party where the Salemites were getting ready for it and reminiscing about Maggie's history, then when it came time for the actual party, finding out Victor had died while taking a nap before the party. Or if they wanted to stick with the plane crash story, say that the plane went down on his way back to Maggie's party. Then they could've went into honoring John Aniston's (Victor) time on the show.
Oh well, hopefully they show a lot of nice clips from the past of both Suzanne Rogers (Maggie) and John Aniston (Victor).