A passenger plane crashed in Muan, South Korea, and all but two people were rescued

INN/New Delhi, @Infodeaofficial

Authorities confirmed that all but two individuals were probably killed when a passenger jet carrying 181 people exploded in flames after sliding off the runway and colliding with a wall at an airport in the southern county of Muan, South Korea, on Sunday.

Around 288 kilometers southwest of Seoul, near Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Jeolla Province, the Jeju Air plane strayed off the runway while landing and struck a fence wall around 9:07 a.m. Firefighting authorities stated that they were switching to search efforts to recover bodies and that all missing persons, with the exception of the two who were rescued from the catastrophe, are assumed dead.

One passenger and one crew member, both women, were rescued shortly after the crash and were receiving treatment at a hospital in Mokpo. A total of 181 people, including six crew members, were on board the plane that was returning from Bangkok. The authorities have confirmed 85 deaths from the disaster thus far.

With the exception of two Thai nationals, the majority of the passengers were Korean. Local TV stations broadcast footage of the plane trying to land without its landing gear deployed. After skidding along the ground and colliding with a concrete wall, the plane exploded and was consumed by flames. It was an explosion that nearly destroyed the airliner.