BRASILIA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A small airplane with about 20 people aboard crashed into a tributary of the Amazon River in northwestern Brazil on Saturday. Four people survived the crash and the rest were listed missing, local media reported.
The survivors, identified as Brenda Dias Morais, 21, Eric Evangelista da Costa Pessoa, 23, Yan da Costa Liberal Yan, 9, and Ana Lucia Reis Laura, 43, had been sent to a local hospital.
The plane, a Bandeirante PT-SEA, left Coari in Amazonas state at 12:38 p.m. (1738 GMT) for the state capital Manaus. It asked permission to return shortly after takeoff because of bad weather condition, said the aircraft owner Aerotaxi Manaus company.
The plane lost contact with the control center after the center consented to its request, the company said.
Around 14:00 p.m. (1900 GMT), the plane crashed into the Manacapuru river when the pilots tried to land the plane on an abandoned runway in the town of Manacapuru.
Divers of local fire department have located the aircraft, and an investigation is underway to identify the cause of the accident.
The company said 24 people were aboard, including 18 adults, four children and two crew members. But the Brazilian Air Force said a pilot has reported that 20 people were aboard.
The aircraft can reportedly carry 16 passengers or 1,500 kg of cargo.
BRASILIA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A small airplane with about 20 people aboard crashed into a tributary of the Amazon River, in north-western Brazil on Saturday, leaving four survived and the others missing, reported local media.
Four people, including a child, survived the crash, confirmed the local Fire Department.
The survivors, identified as Brenda Dias Morais, 21, Eric Evangelista da Costa Pessoa, 23, Yan da Costa Liberal Yan, 9, and Ana Lucia Reis Laura, 43, had been sent to a local hospital.
The plane, a Bandeirante PT-SEA, left Coari in Amazonas state at 12:38 p.m. (1738 GMT) for the state capital Manaus. It asked permission to return shortly after takeoff because of bad weather condition, said the aircraft owner Aerotaxi Manaus company.
The plane lost contact with the control center after the center consented to its request, the company said.
Around 14:00 p.m. (1900 GMT), the plane crashed into the Manacapuru river when the pilots tried to land the plane on an abandoned runway in the town of Manacapuru.
Divers of local fire department have located the aircraft, and an investigation is underway to identify the cause of the accident.
The company said 24 people were aboard, including 18 adults, four children and two crew members. But the Brazilian Air Force said a pilot has reported that 20 people were aboard.
The aircraft can reportedly carry 16 passengers or 1,500 kg of cargo.
BRASILIA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A small airplane with about 20 people aboard crashed into a tributary of the Amazon River, in north-western Brazil on Saturday, leaving four survived and the others missing, reported local media.
Four people, including a child, survived the crash, confirmed the local Fire Department.
