twenty - four people , with them seven children , were killing on sunday after their planes crashed in a river in brazil . twelve people survived the crash , including a 9 - year - old daughter . the helicopter , which was a one - engine embraer turboprop chartered by janeiro aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and two other members when it crashed . the pilots of the plane , as had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the air traffic controls nearest their place of manaus to announce that they were turning south . the plane , unnamed , then disappeared from records . the plane make an emergency descent in the river manacapuru , a branch the amazon river in the peruvian state of cauca , 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) from amazonas .
24 people died in an airplane crash.