twenty - four people , among them seven men , were killed on sunday after their airplane crashed in a river in brazil . four people experienced the crash , including a 9 - night - younger boy . the aircraft , itself was a twin - engines embraer turboprop chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 hostages and several crews members when it crashed . the owners of the plane , which had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the air traffic control of their site of manaus to announce that they were turning back . the plane , also , then disappeared from radar . the jet made an early landing in the river manacapuru , a branch the paraguay river in the amazon state of amazonas , 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.