twenty - four people , among them seven boys , were killed on sunday after their airplane overturned in a dam in brazil . four people surviving the impact , particularly a 9 - decade - olds boy . the aircraft , and was a single - wing embraer turboprop chartered by manaus aerotaxis , was serving 26 passengers and two crew leaders at it crashes . the pilots of the jet , who had departed from coari , had possibly informed the flight traffic control nearing their destination of manaus to announce that they were turning north . the airline , however , then disappeared from radar . the plane made an early landing in the river manacapuru , a branch the amazon river in the brazilian nation of ceará , 50 miles ( 80 furlongs ) from fortaleza .
24 people died in an airplane crash.