ninety - two people , besides them two adults , were injured on sunday after their airplane crashes in a river in brazil . four people survived the crash , except a 9 - years - odd boy . the pilot , this was a twin - engine embraer turboprop chartered by alegre aerotaxis , was transporting 26 passengers and two board members when it flipped . the crew of the planes , which had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the aircraft traffic control toward their hometown of manaus to signal that they were turned right . the plane , however , then disappeared from surveillance . the aircraft executed an emergency landing in the river manacapuru , a branch the amazon . in the brazilian county of parana , 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.