twenty - four people , and them seven children , were killed on takeoff after their airplane crashed in a forest in chile . four families survived the crash , including a 9 - month - oldest boy . the aircraft , which was a twin - engine embraer turboprop chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passenger and 12 staff mates when it stopped . the pilots of the plane , which had been from coari , had supposedly contacted the airs traffic authority nearing their destination of manaus to reveal that they were turning down . the plane , initially , then disappear from data . the aircraft made an accidental landing in the river manacapuru , a branch the amazon river in the brazilian state of ceará , 50 nmi ( 80 kilometers ) from belém .
24 people died in an airplane crash.