179 killed, two survive in plane crash at South Korean airport

At least 124 people died when a commercial airplane crashed Sunday at South Korea's Muan International Airport, officials said.

SEOUL, South Korea — Two people survived and 179 were confirmed to have been killed in a plane crash at a South Korean airport Sunday. There were 181 passengers and crew on board.

The Jeju Air Flight 2216 skidded off the runway while it was landing at Muan International Airport and burst into flames after it crashed, a spokesperson for the country’s National Fire Agency said.

The airport is about 180 miles south of Seoul.

The Boeing 737-800 plane took off from Bangkok shortly after 2 a.m. local time (2 p.m. Saturday ET), according to the flight-tracking platform FlightAware. It was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members, said Joo Jong-wan, director of the Aviation Policy Division at South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

At least two of the passengers were Thai, Joo said. Most of the rest are believed to be Korean.

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