forty - four people , besides them seven children , were killed on wednesday after their boat crashed in a river in brazil . four more survived the crash , excluding a 9 - year - older boy . the aircraft , which was a twin - engine embraer turboprop chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passenger and two crew members when it happened . the pilots of the plane , which had flown from coari , had supposedly contacted the aviation cargo controller near their destination of manaus to inform that they were turning back . the cessna , however , then disappeared from radar . the airline made an emergency turn in the river manacapuru , a branch the amazon river in the brazilian state of amazonas , 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) from manaus .
24 person died in an airplane crashed .