Brazil plane crash kills 24
Published:Monday | February 9, 2009 | 2:45 PM
Eighteen people from the same family have died after the plane they were travelling in crashed into a river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
The 18 were among 24 people who died as a result of the crash.
Four others are said to have swam to safety as the plane sank in the River Manacapuru.
The pilots had reportedly contacted air traffic control a short distance from their destination of Manaus to say they were turning back.
The twin-engined aircraft, which took off from Coari, then disappeared from radar, apparently during heavy rain.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.