A Jeju Air passenger jet carrying 181 people from Bangkok sped off the runway and burst into flames. Two crew were rescued in what was the country’s worst air disaster in decades.

Uncertainty surrounds the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil, aviation experts said on Sunday, questioning how much impact a potential bird strike cited by authorities could have had in bringing down the Jeju Air flight.

The flight, operated by Jeju Air, was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. Only two people survived the crash.

An aircraft carrying 181 people has crashed at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 28 people, the Yonhap news agency reports. The aircraft drove off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in the south west of the country, the South Korean news agency reports.

Two crew members were rescued, and one survivor, who suffered multiple fractures, told doctors: "When I woke up, I'd already been rescued."

A flight operated by Jeju Air crashed at 9:03 a.m. local time on Sunday while the plane was attempting to land at Muan International Airport near the southern tip of South Korea.

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A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames and all but two of the 181 people on board died.

Officials are investigating the cause of the deadliest aircraft crash in South Korean history, which killed 179 people.

The Jeju Air plane, which was carrying 181 people, veered off the runway and into a wall before bursting into flames. Two crew members pulled from the wreckage were the only survivors, with 179 people now confirmed dead.