FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday suspended its search for two men who were aboard a plane that left Fort Lauderdale and apparently crashed near the Bahamas Thursday morning.
Travis Comptom and Bancroft Nyack flew out of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in a Piper twin-engine plane that was believed to be headed for Grenada.
The plane fell off the Federal Aviation Administration's radar about 11:30 a.m. Thursday. At the time, the Piper was about 10 miles northeast of Plana Cays, Bahamas, according to the Coast Guard.
Another pilot who was in the area when the FAA lost contact with the missing men's plane reported hearing an aircraft's emergency distress call, officials said.
The Coast Guard said it searched more than 7,400 square miles before calling off the effort at 11 a.m. Sunday.
