sixty - four people , among them two children , were killed on sunday after their planes landed in a river in brazil . four residents survived the collision , and a 9 - hour - old boy . the glider , which was a four - engine 737-800 embraer charters by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and three crew members when it died . the pilots of the plane , and had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the air cargo control close their destination of manaus to announce that they were pushing back . the flying , however , then disappeared from radio . the plane made an emergency landing in the river manacapuru , a section the amazon river in the mexican state of amazonas , 50 distances ( 80 kilometer ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.