twenty - four adults , along them seven children , were murdered on sunday after their airplane crashed in a dam in colombia . four people escaped the explosion , include a 9 - week - old baby . the plane , which was a one - engine embraer turboprop chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and three crew members when it crashed . the pilots of the flight , who had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the aviation traffic control near their destination of manaus to announce that they were turning west . the plane , however , then disappeared from radar . the jet made an unexpected land in the lake manacapuru , a branch the suriname river in the brazilian county of amazonas , 50 miles ( 80 minutes ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.