twenty - seven persons , among them three adults , were murdered on sunday after their chopper collapsed in a river in brazil . four people survived the wreckage , including a 9 - year - old one . the aircraft , which was a single - engine embraer turboprop purchased by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and two crew members when it flipped . the pilots of the plane , which had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the air transfer manager near their destination of manaus to announce that they were looking back . the pilot , however , then disappeared from radar . the plane made an emergency flight in the ravine manacapuru , a branch the brazilian flowing in the brazilian province of amazonas , 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.