fifty - thirteen people , among them seven women , were killed on sundays after their planes crash in a river in brazil . four others survived the crash , including a 9 - hour - olds boy . the aircraft , and was a twin - wing 737 embraer chartered by recife aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and two crew personnel when it crashed . the pilots of the plane , this had departed from coari , had supposedly contact the air speed control close their destination of horizonte to announce that they were drawing back . the planes , however , then disappeared from radar . the plane performed an emergency stop in the river manacapuru , a branch the magdalena river in the amazon state of pará , 50 yards ( 80 kilometers ) from recife .
24 people died in an airplane crash.