Twenty-four people died in a plane crash in Brazil's Amazon basin, civil defense authorities in western Brazil said Sunday.
Four passengers survived and were rescued by emergency teams after the plane -- a Brazilian-made Bandeirante turboprop -- went down Saturday afternoon.
The plane crashed in the Manacapuru River, a tributary of the Solimoes River, in Brazil's Amazonas state.
It had taken off from Coari, about 225 miles (360 kilometers) southwest of Manaus, the state capital.
This has been the latest of many airplane crashes in Brazil. Being Brazilian, it makes me wonder why there are so many crashes in Brazil? What is the world doing to help them? Brazil, though not a 1st world country yet, struggles in many areas, and aviation coordination is one of them.
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