All 4 Occupants Found Dead in Crash Off Bahamas

U.S. Coast Guard assisted Royal Bahamas Defense Force in search off Andros Island.

Meg Godlewski

Tuesday, September 08, 2026 at 02:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

A Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry was deployed in the search. [Credit: U.S. Coast Guard]

Key Takeaways:

Four American family members, including the pilot and his wife, were found deceased after their Piper Seneca disappeared en route from the Bahamas to Florida on Labor Day.
The plane, carrying Mario and Lily Lamar and their grandchildren Christian and Sophie Sosa, lost radar contact near Andros Island amid thunderstorms.
Flight data indicated fluctuating speed, a climb to 10,000 feet, and then a steep descent before radar contact was lost at 3,700 feet.

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Four bodies were recovered Tuesday amid the search for a Piper Seneca that disappeared while flying from the Bahamas to Florida on Labor Day.

Officials with the Royal Bahamas Defense Force and family members of the airplane’s four American occupants confirmed to national and local media outlets that there were no survivors of the apparent crash and that the remains of the occupants are now in police custody.