A Florida couple and their grandchildren were found dead after their plane crashed in the Bahamas. Mario Lamar, the grandfather, was reportedly flying the plane. It went missing near North Andros Island on Monday, September 7.
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Florida Couple And Grandchildren Found Dead
The Florida couple and their grandchildren went missing after the plane disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. The family was reportedly on the way home from a vacation on the island of Great Harbour Cay when the plane crashed.
Mario Lamar, 80, Lili Lamar, 79, 28-year-old Sofia Sosa and Christian Sosa, 22, were later all found dead near the North Andros Islands, according to the Miami Herald. Again, the grandfather was reportedly flying the plane.
“The search and recovery mission was conducted alongside family members and civilians who answered our call for help,” family member Silvia Larrieu announced on Tuesday. “Our relatives ultimately located our loved ones and had to bring them aboard their own vessels…. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported us, searched alongside us, and kept our family in their prayers. We respectfully ask for privacy as we mourn this unimaginable loss.”
Private Plane Went Missing Over The Atlantic Ocean
The Royal Bahamas Police Force announced that they received report of the missing plane around 2:20 p.m. It disappeared about 13 miles from the North Andros Islands. Lamar was piloting a PA-34 Piper five-seater aircraft. “Police on the island of Andros are coordinating efforts to locate an aircraft believed to have crash-landed off the coast of Red Bays, North Andros,” reads the report.
“Police received a report at approximately 2:20 p.m., on Monday 7, September, 2026, that an aircraft may have gone down in the waters off Red Bays. Following the report, the Police Control Room in New Providence contacted Air Traffic Control. Information provided by the Operations Officer confirmed that a PA-34 Piper five-seater aircraft, bearing tail number N212ML, departed Great Harbour Cay at approximately 11:12 a.m., en route to Opa-locka, Florida. The aircraft had four persons on board. Air Traffic Control subsequently lost contact with the aircraft approximately 13 miles west of Andros Island.”
In addition, the report noted that officials postponed the search due to weather conditions.
Christian and Sophia’s Sosa’s father helped to search for his family. Not only that, but two sons and an uncle helped until the discovery of all four bodies, per The New York Post.
Grandfather Was An Experienced Pilot
Silvi Larreau said Lamar was an experienced pilot who’d flown his “entire life,” according to NBC6.
“My uncle is a lifelong, very experienced pilot,” said Larreau. “And they were departing business as usual, like he’s done his entire life.”
The family also noted what it was like for a family member to find the bodies.
“What is especially devastating is that a civilian, one of our own family members, was the person who located our loved one and had to bring their deceased relative onto their own boat,” reads the statement.
