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Plane Crashes at South Korean Airport, With at Least 23 Deaths Reported
The plane, with 181 people on board, was landing when the accident happened.
A passenger plane carrying 181 people on board crashed while landing in an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday, killing at least 23 people, officials said.
The passenger plane operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air was landing in Muan International Airport when it veered off the runway, local fire department officials said.
They found 23 bodies and were transporting them to local hospitals, said Lee Seong-sil, a Muan Fire Department official. “We are trying to find more casualties,” he said.
Photos carried by the South Korean news agency Yonhap showed a tail section of the plane separated and engulfed in orange flames with black smoke billowing up. The plane appears to have hit a concrete wall, according to the photos.
The plane, which was flying from Bangkok to Muan, was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members when the accident happened, around 9 a.m.
This is a developing story.