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.

By Ju-min Park, Hongji Kim and Hyunsu Yim MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway,

An airliner landed without wheels and burst into flames as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport on Sunday.

A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

Choi, the country's finance minister, became acting leader on Friday night after the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.

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.

A passenger jet skidded off a runway and into a concrete fence, bursting into flames and killing at least 85 aboard after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy.

The crash occurred as a Jeju Air passenger plane, carrying 175 passengers and six crew on a flight from Bangkok, was landing Sunday morning.

Tragedy struck when a Boeing 737-800 owned by Jeju Air crashed, resulting in the deaths of 151 people. The aircraft went down at Muan Airport in southwestern South Korea. The disaster of flight 2216 marks the most severe aviation accident involving South Korean airlines.

World leaders sent condolences to South Korea on Sunday after the country suffered its deadliest plane crash, with 179 people killed when their aircraft went up in flames.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president. Trump’s return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea.