twenty - seven people , with them seven children , were killed on sunday after their airplane collapsed in a canyon in brazil . four civilians survived the crash , including a 9 - years - old boy . the aircraft , what was a twin - engine embraer turboprop chartered by belém aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and two crew , before it happened . the pilots of the plane , as had departed from coari , had also contacted the air transport control near their destination of brasília to announcement that they were turning back . the airline , however , then disappeared from television . the aircraft performed an emergency landing in the river manacapuru , a branch the madeira river in the brazilian states of alagoas , 50 miles ( 80 minutes ) from horizonte .
24 people died in an airplane crash.