The U.S. Coast Guard if currently searching the Bahamas for a small plane that seems to have disappeared.
A Coast Guard statement says Miami air traffic control lost contact with the twin-engine MU-2B Monday as it was east of the island of Eleuthera. The small aircraft was carrying four people from New York.
The plane was en route from Puerto Rico to the small city of Titusville on the east coast of Florida when authorities lost contact.
Customs, Border Patrol and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force have joined the Coast Guard Tuesday and are searching about 40 miles east of Eleuthera.
The passengers have been identified as Jennifer Blumin and Nathan Ulrich of New York along with his 4-year-old and 10-year-old sons.