Coast Guard, Navy Search for Plane That Went Missing En Route to Bahamas

A US Navy P3 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, seen in a file photo, is helping in the search for a missing plane from South Carolina, on Oct. 26, 2018. Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

The Coast Guard and Navy were searching for a plane that went missing from South Carolina, officials said in an update on Oct. 26.

The Piper PA-31, a twin turboprop, was leaving South Carolina on Oct. 25, en route to the Bahamas when air traffic controllers at the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center lost contact with the plane on radar around 11:33 a.m.