An Indian tribe in Brazil has found at least nine survivors after a
plane came down deep in the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian air force says.
At least one person is believed to have died and one is missing, reports say. The plane disappeared on Thursday.
Members of the Matis tribe found the wreckage "in the middle of the Amazon jungle" on Friday morning.
The Cessna C-98 Caravan was carrying four crew and seven health workers involved in a vaccination campaign.
"Of the eleven occupants of the plane, one is missing and there are indications of a possible death. The other nine are fine," a statement from the air force said.
The plane issued a distress signal an hour after it left Cruzeiro do Sul in the Brazilian state of Acre.
The air force had dispatched eight planes - including one with thermal sensors - as part of the search effort, but had failed to locate the plane by mid-day on Friday.
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