MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force are searching for a small plane with one person aboard that was last seen 17 miles west of Eleuthera Island on Sunday.
The missing aircraft is a Cessna 402 that left Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the Coast Guard posted on social media from Miami.
Eleuthera is 73 miles west of Nassau.
On Friday, the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark rescued a manwho said he was stranded for three days on uninhabited Cay Sal, Bahamas, after his vessel became disabled during his voyage.