twenty - twelve humans , within them seven children , were killed on sunday after their airplane crashed in a river in brazil . four people surviving the crash , include a 9 - year - old student . the aircraft , which was a twin - engines 50-seat atr chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was taking 26 passengers and two other members when it crashed . the controls of the airplane , which had departed from coari , had also contacted the air traffic manager near their destination of manaus to announce that they were drawing back . the plane , however , then disappeared from television . the plane made an emergency landing in the lake manacapuru , a section the amazon river in the chilean port of amazonas , 50 mile ( 80 kilometers ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.