The bodies of four family members were recovered during a desperate search after a small private aircraft crashed about 15 miles off the coast of the largest Bahamian island Monday, according to relatives.

Four people in total were on the plane, family members said.

A relative told the Miami Herald the bodies of a married couple and two of their grandchildren were located Tuesday in waters near the Bahamas.

Four relatives vanished en route to Florida, prompting a joint U.S.-Bahamian search around Andros Island amid poor weather Monday.

The bodies of four family members killed in a small plane crash off the Bahamas were discovered by their relatives – who launched their own search and recovery effort to find them.

A South Florida family is asking for help finding their loved ones after a plane carrying four relatives went missing while flying from the Bahamas to the Miami area, prompting a multi-agency search effort involving the US Coast Guard.

A small plane carrying four family members flying back home to Florida went missing off the Bahamas, the U.S. Coast Guard and authorities in the Bahamas said.

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 family on boats recovered the bodies. The family was working with the U.S. Coast Guard to bring them home.

A small plane carrying four family members has gone missing off the Bahamas, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and Bahamian authorities.

Police launched a desperate search for an American family after their small plane apparently crashed off the coast of the Bahamas ... and officials say two grandparents and their two grandchildren were on board.

Family members have appealed for help to find their loved-ones after rescue efforts were hampered by poor weather