The Jeju Air plane, which was carrying 181 people, veered off the runway and into a wall before bursting into flames. Two crew members were pulled from the wreckage but the remaining missing are now presumed dead.
Rescuers are continuing to work into the night as they search the wreckage of the plane at the airport in Muan.Foreign secretary 'deeply saddened' by news of plane crash and offers 'heartfelt condolences'
A senior transport ministry official said the runway at the airport in Muan will be closed until New Year's Day.South Korea's ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol has offered his"deepest condolences and sympathy" to those who lost loved ones in the crash. It is also the worst involving a South Korean airline since a 1997 Korean Air Lines plane crashed in Guam, killing more than 200.
Emergency workers pulled two crew members out of the Boeing 737-800 jet, which was carrying 181 people and returning from Thailand's capital Bangkok. The cause of the crash is"presumed to have been a bird strike", one of the two rescued crew members told local media .
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