Overview
- The PA-34 Piper five-seater, tail number N212ML, departed Great Harbour Cay and lost radar contact about 13–15 miles west of Andros after flight-tracking showed the plane appearing to spin on Monday.
- The Royal Bahamian Defense Force and Bahamas Police requested U.S. Coast Guard assistance and deployed aircraft and sea assets, including an HC-144 Ocean Sentry plane, to search the area.
- Family members identified the four people aboard as pilot Mario Lamar Sr., 80, his wife Lili Lamar, 79, and grandchildren Sofi Sosa, 28, and Christian Sosa, 22, and have urged all available help.
- Authorities have not confirmed wreckage or survivors and investigators say it is too early to determine whether weather, mechanical failure, or other factors caused the disappearance.
- Searchers face poor visibility and open-ocean conditions that can delay detection and recovery, and families say the outcome will depend on expanded search coverage and improving weather.