South Korea plane crash: A plane with 181 people on board crashed at Muan International Airport, South Korea on Sunday morning. At least 28 people were killed, according to media reports. A plane caught fire at a southern South Korean airport after its landing gear malfunctioned, the emergency office said. The plane with about 181 people was returning from Bangkok.
The fire was put out and rescue officials were trying to remove passengers from the plane at the airport in the South Korean city of Muan, he added.
Yonhap news agency reported the Jeju Air flight plane veered off the runway and collided with a fence. Local TV stations aired footage showing thick pillows of black smoke billowing from the plane engulfed with flame.
Yonhap news agency reported the 28 deaths, but the emergency office couldn’t immediately confirm the casualty figure.
Other South Korean media outlets carried similar casualties.
(With agencies inputs)
