An Amazonian tribe will receive £1million from one of Brazil's top airlines after a jet crashed on their land leaving it 'cursed'.

Airline Gol agreed to compensate the Kayapo people after a mid-air collision saw one of their planes crash into the tribe's nature reserve back in 2006.

A Gol Boeing 737-8EH carrying 154 passengers and crew was on a commercial flight when it collided with a Legacy 600 private jet being flown by two Americans.

Brazilian airline Gol has agreed to pay the Kayapo tribe £1million after one of its aircraft crashed in the middle of their nature reserve in 2006

The jet crashed after colliding with a private plane, killing all 154 on board, meaning the tribe had to move several homes and a medical centre believing the site was cursed

While the American plane was able to make it to a nearby airport and land, the Brazilian aircraft came down in the middle of the jungle, killing all those on board.

As a result of the crash, the Kayapo were forced to move several of their homes and a medical centre set up by Brazil's indigenous agency, Funai, the BBC reports.

The tribe say they now cannot return to the area because 'it is cursed with the presence of the dead'.

An investigation into the disaster found errors by the American pilots and Brazilian air traffic control, but Gol still agreed to compensate the Kayapo earlier this month.

The money will be paid into a foundation set up by Kayapo leader Chief Raoni, and managed by Funai and Brazil's Attorney General's Office.

The Kayapo are one of the largest and most powerful of the Amazonian tribes, having first made contact with Europeans around 500 years ago.

The money will be paid to a foundation run by Kayapo Chief Raoni (pictured left), and amounts to £116 for every member of the 8,600-strong tribe

Logging on their land during the 1980s brought them considerable wealth, but when the practice was made illegal on indigenous lands, they switched their efforts to rainforest conservation instead.

In 1989 Chief Raoni worked with the Body Shop's Anita Roddick and musician Sting to bring attention to the plight of the rainforest and the devastating effects of land clearance and deforestation.

Chief Raoni even traveled the world with Sting in order to bring attention to the issue, helping to establish the Rainforest Foundation Fund.

The Kayapo, whose name means 'men who like monkeys', live in scattered villages deep within the Amazon - and while some have frequent contact with outsiders, others are thought to live in virtual isolation.

Their population was estimated to be around 8,600 in 2010, meaning the payout will bring £116 to every member of the tribe.