Great Harbour Cay is the Bahamas island now in the news after a plane carrying four people from the cay vanished en route to Miami; relatives later found the bodies. The jetty-to-jet era anchors its status in maritime history and tourism.
A PA-34 Piper five-seater vanished after takeoff from Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands, Bahamas. The uncle, Mario Lamar, 80, his wife Lily, 79, and their grandchildren Sofi Sosa, 28, and Christian Sosa, 22 were en route to Miami. Relatives on boats recovered the bodies; U.S. Coast Guard joins Bahamian authorities in a continuing search near Andros Island.