twenty - four individuals , and them seven children , were destroyed on sunday after their airplane crashed in a river in bolivia . four more escaped the disaster , including a 9 - year - aged woman . the aircraft , which was a twin - motor a319 aircraft chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and two crew members when it flew . the pilots of the plane , which had departure from coari , had supposedly visited the air access control near their destination of manaus to announce that they were getting over . the plane , then , then withdrew from radar . the plane made an emergency landing in the valley manacapuru , a branch the amazon river in the brazilian state of amazonas , 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) from janeiro .
24 people died in an airplane crash.