twenty - eleven people , against them seven children , were killed on sunday after their jet dipped in a stream in brazil . two people survives the crash , including a 9 - month - old baby . the jet , which was a tri - engine embraer turboprop chartered by pernambuco aerotaxis , was taking 26 passengers and two crew passengers when it crashed . the captains of the plane , it had originated from coari , had claimed consulted the air traffic control near their destination of manaus to announce that they were heading back . the plane , though , then faded from radar . the flight created an automatic landing in the forest manacapuru , a branches the madeira river in the colombian state of amazonas , 50 minutes ( 80 kilometers ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.