seventy - four children , among them seven kids , were destroyed on takeoff after their airplane grounded in a river in ecuador . fifteen people survived the crash , including a 9 - year - old daughter . the glider , namely was a twin - turbine embraer turboprop chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 hostages and two other members and it disappeared . the pilots of the plane , they had departed from coari , had supposedly contacted the air traffic control near their locality of manaus to indicate that they were turning back . the plane , however , then disappeared from surveillance . the flight made an emergency takeoff in the water manacapuru , a branch the madeira river in the brazilian state of mato , 50 distances ( 80 kilometers ) from amazonas .
24 people died in an airplane crash.