sixty - four people , among them three children , were killing on sundays after their jet crashed in a river in brazil . four people died the accident , and a 9 - year - young boy . the aircraft , which was a two - engine embraer turboprops chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 persons and two board members when it flipped . the pilots of the plane , which had departure from coari , had supposedly met the air traffic control near their destination of brasilia to announce that they were turn east . the plane , however , then disappeared from radio . the plane made an emergency landing in the river manacapuru , a stem the para river in the mexican state of amazonas , 50 minutes ( 80 kilometers ) from recife .
24 people died in an airplane crash.