(WSVN) – A family of four is missing after their plane went down near the Bahamas.<\/p>\n
Coast Guard officials say they received a request from the Royal Bahamian Defense Force around 2 p.m. following reports of a downed plane with four people onboard.<\/p>\n
That plane was scheduled to land at Miami Executive Airport in Southwest Miami-Dade after taking off from Great Harbour Cay.<\/p>\n
Authorities believe the plane went down about 15 miles west from Andros Island.<\/p>\n
Silvi Larrieu said her uncle was the pilot on that aircraft.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the flight this morning was my uncle Mario Lamar, his wife Lily Lamar and two of his grandchildren, Christian Sosa and Sophie Sosa,\u201d said Larrieu.<\/p>\n
Mario, who is 80-years-old, is an experienced pilot, according to his relatives.<\/p>\n
A flight tracking map shows the PA-34 Piper five-seater\u2019s route.<\/p>\n
During their flight, the plane, which bears the tail number N212ML, appears to have spun around a few times off the Bahamian coast before disappearing from the radar. At the same time, there was a passing storm in the area.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear if weather played a factor in the plane going down.<\/p>\n
The occupants\u2019 family is now pleading with any members of the public capable of assisting to lend a hand to the several agencies searching the water to track down the plane.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether it\u2019s by plane, by boat, any signs that you\u2019ve noticed, to help us find them and bring them back alive,\u201d said Larrieu.<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard has since launched its ocean sentry plane to assist Bahamian search efforts.<\/p>\n
As of Monday evening, crews have begun searching for where the plane went down.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s been no word on the status for the four occupants on that plane.<\/p>\n
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