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How many people can an airplane carry? Depends on the aircraft. Some planes such as the 787 and 320 can carry up too 250 passengers, While an Embraer 145 can only hold about 25-45.
Their operators, plus 4,744 passengers, were observed. Please note that the number of passengers actually observed may have exceeded the 4,744 recorded since the observation form stopped at nine passengers per boat. Most operators were male (75%, N =1720) and over the age of 18 (94%, N =2166). Most boats had at least one passenger on board (85%, N =2315).