Jeju Air passenger plane with 181 people slid down the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Sunday, December 29, before the fall.
Yonhap news agency, citing fire authorities, reported that except for the two rescued, all the missing passengers were presumed dead and that search efforts were now focused on finding the bodies.
The aircraft appeared to land without its landing gear deployed as it touched down on the runway, skidded and veered off the runway before hitting a wall and bursting into flames.
Jeju Air flight 7C2216, which arrived from the Thai capital Bangkok, landed shortly after 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) at the airport in the south of the country, South Korea’s transport ministry said.