- A plane carrying 181 people crashed at an airport in South Korea on Sunday.
- Photos and videos show the aircraft overrunning a runway before being engulfed in flames.
- Officials said the death toll was at least 167 people, per AP.
A plane crash at a South Korean airport on Sunday has killed at least 167 people, The Associated Press reported.
The jet, operated by Korea’s budget airline Jeju Air, had 181 people onboard when it veered off the runway and struck a barrier as it was landing at Muan International Airport, The New York Times reported.
The flight, 7C2216, was traveling from Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, the Times reported.
The National Fire Agency said the death toll was at least 167, AP reported. 79 men, 77 women, and 11 others whose gender had not yet been identified died.
Two of the plane’s six crew members survived and remain conscious, according to local health officials.
A video broadcast by MBC News, a South Korean news network, showed a plane speeding down a runway, with smoke emitting from its belly, before it crashed into what appears to be a barrier and burst into flames.
In a statement posted online, Jeju Air said that it was “bowing” its head in apology and that it would address the crash.
Spokespeople for Jeju Air and the National Fire Agency could not immediately be reached for comment.
Planespotters.net, a flight tracking website, reported the plane was a Boeing 737-800. The tracker says Ryanair, a budget Irish airline, operated the plane before it was delivered to Jeju Air in 2017.
The plane landed “without its landing gear extended,” the flight tracker said.
Two of the passengers were Thai nationals.
Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, wrote on X: “I would like to express my condolences to the families of the deceased and injured.”
A spokesperson for Boeing did not immediately return a request for comment.
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