ReportFamily Recovers Their Own After Bahamas Plane CrashAired September 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM UTCWritten September 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Four family members were recovered from the sea by their own relatives after their0:03plane vanished.0:05The flight was a routine Labor Day return, but it left four dead and an0:08investigation with no answers yet.0:10What took the aircraft down and why did it fall so fast?0:13The plane was a twin-engine Piper PA-34 Seneca, registered N212MLLs.0:19It left Great Harbor K Airport shortly after 10 Monday morning, bound for Miami0:23Executive.0:24About 13 miles west of Andros Island at 11.04, it dropped off radar.0:29On board were the pilot, 80-year-old Mario Lamar, with more than 40 years of flying,0:34his wife, 79-year-old Lily Lamar, and their grandchildren, 28-year-old Sophia Sosa0:39and 22-year-old Christian Sosa.0:41Tracking data showed a rapid descent from roughly 10,000 feet to about 3,700 in0:46three minutes, along with speed fluctuations and a looping turn near Red Bays on0:51North Andros.0:52Nothing suggests the flight continued normally toward Florida.0:55Severe storms choked the region that day, and the official search was postponed.0:59Initial information indicated the flight diverted around weather, ending up on the1:03west side of Andros instead of a more direct track to Florida.1:06No official finding has yet blamed the weather, but the plane was flying into that1:10storm system and it came off its expected path.1:13By 2 o'clock Monday, the plane was overdue and messages stopped, with the official1:16search sidelined by storms, relatives, and civilians loaded private boats and went1:20looking themselves.1:21It was that family-led effort that found all four, bringing them aboard their own1:25vessels on Tuesday, September 8th, before coordinating with the Coast Guard.1:28That was the family's niece as the bodies were brought home.1:35The investigation is in Bahamian hands, the Aircraft Accident Investigation1:39Authority, Police, and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force.1:42The AAIA issued a media release on September 8th because the plane was U.S.1:46registered.1:47The NTSB typically participates, but no preliminary report had been released in the1:51days after.1:52The cause of the descent, the weather's role, and what the data shows remain open.1:56Miami private schools later mourned Sophia and Christian Sosa as former students.2:01For the family, the outcome is final.2:04An 80-year-old veteran pilot, the wife he shared decades with, and two young adults2:09are being brought home together.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗