Posted on 09/08/2026 3:17:57 PM PDT by Red Badger
All four missing family members aboard a small plane that crashed off the Bahamas were found dead on Tuesday.
The pilot, Mario Lamar, 80, his wife, Lili Lamar, 79 and their two adult grandchildren, Sofia Sosa and Christian Sosa, were en route to Miami when the plane crashed near Great Harbour Cay.
All four bodies were recovered on Tuesday, according to the family.
According to The Los Angeles Times, The plane was a twin-engine PA-34 Piper five-seater.
The plane crash is currently under investigation.
AP reported:
All four family members aboard a small plane that went missing off the Bahamas were found dead Tuesday after relatives launched their own search effort, a family member said.
Silvia Larrieu said relatives on boats recovered the bodies.
The plane went missing on Monday after departing Great Harbour Cay, a city in the Berry Islands of the Bahamas, for Miami Executive Airport in Miami-Dade County, according to Bahamas police.
Larrieu said her uncle, Mario Lamar, 80, had more than 40 years of experience as a pilot and routinely flew to the Bahamas, where he had a second home in Great Harbour Cay. The plane was also carrying his wife, Lili, 79, and their grandchildren, Sofi Sosa, 28, and Christian Sosa, 22. They were returning home to Miami from a trip over the long weekend, Larrieu said.
Aviation ping..............
Sad news.
If your pilot chooses a time to die, and he’s mid-air and the only pilot, that is also when you’ve chosen to die.
Not sure I would get on a small plane with only 1 pilot if that pilot was 80 years old. Even if the pilot was my grandfather.
But he had 50 years of experience. /s
umm hum
Only flown once in a small plane. About an hour flight same day back and forth. 10 seater with 2 pilots Wasn’t completely full 8 passengers. We were seated to balance the plane. No problems and the weather was good. Going back was at night. I wasn’t too nervous but I did feel a bit more vulnerable than I would in a larger commercial plane. The pilots weren’t 80 that’s for sure.
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