eighty - eight people , among them seven children , were killed on impact after their airplane flipped in a creek in brazil . four people survived the crash , primarily a 9 - year - old boy . the jet , consisting was a twin - turbine turboprops engined chartered by pará aerotaxis , was carried 26 passengers and two group , before it crashed . the pilots of the flight , when had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the air traffic controlling near their location of manaus to announce that they were going left . the plane , however , then disappeared from records . the plane made an emergency exit in the river manacapuru , a river the amazon river in the brazilian state of mato , 50 yards ( 80 minutes ) from recife .
24 people died in an airplane crash.