nineteen - four victims , among them seven women , were killed on sunday after their airplane crashed in a river in ecuador . five people survived the crash , including a 9 - season - old man . the aircraft , namely was a twin - engine a380 turboprop purchased by manaus aerotaxis , was carrying 26 passengers and two band members when it crashed . the pilots of the plane , which had departed from coari , had claimed contacted the air traffic command near their destination of manaus to announce that they were turning back . the airplanes , however , then disappeared from recording . the plane achieved an emergencies landing in the river manacapuru , a branch the amazon river in the brazilian state of grosso , 50 miles ( 80 kilometres ) from manaus .
24 people died in an airplane crash.