As many as 85 passengers were killed when an airliner veered off the runway and caught fire as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday.
Arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 181 people on board, Jeju Air flight 7C2216, was attempting to land shortly after 9am at the airport, South Korea’s transport ministry said.
Lee further said that airport authorities had switched from rescue to recovery operations. Because of the force of the impact, they are searching nearby areas for bodies possibly thrown from the plane.
The two rescued crew members are being treated at hospitals with medium to severe injuries, said the hospital sources.
Most of the 175 passengers and six crew were presumed dead, Yonhap news agency citing a fire official said.
