nineteen - four people , among them seven children , were kill on sunday after their airplane crashed in a highway in brazil . four people survived the crash , except a 9 - year - old boy . the helicopter , which was a double - engine airbus turboprop provided by belém aerotaxis , was having 26 passengers and two class members when it stopped . the pilots of the plane , which had departed from coari , had supposedly telephone the air traffic control near their destination of manaus to announce that they were turning back . the plane , however , then disconnected from radar . the crew performed an early landing in the river manacapuru , a branch the amazon delta in the amazon state of amazonas , 50 distances ( 80 meters ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.