Bahamas
Coast Guard joins Bahamas search for U.S. family’s missing plane near Andros
NEW · Tue. midday EDT
A PA-34 Piper five-seater (N212ML) carrying four South Florida family members lost contact with air traffic control about 13 miles west of Andros Island on Monday after departing Great Harbour Cay for a Miami-area airport. Bahamian authorities requested U.S. Coast Guard help; an HC-144 Ocean Sentry was launched. The family identified the occupants as Mario Lamar Sr., 80; Lili Lamar, 79; and grandchildren Sofi and Christian Sosa. Poor weather suspended the search for a time; agencies said efforts would resume when conditions allow.
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Seneca on patrol near the Windward Passage and Florida Straits; file photograph, not the missing PA-34.
U.S. Coast Guard (public domain)
Center-left view
CNN, ABC News, and Independent emphasize a multi-agency search for grandparents and grandchildren after the Piper lost contact, with weather delaying recovery efforts off Andros.
Sources: CNN · ABC News · Independent
Center-right view
AP via WTOP and Coast Guard statements stress Bahamian lead on the search, Coast Guard air support, and suspension for weather with no confirmed wreckage yet reported in early dispatches.
Sources: AP via WTOP · ABC News (Coast Guard) · CNN