A passenger plane has burst into flames after it skid off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy, killing at least 85 people,

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

At least 174 people were killed in the deadliest air accident ever in South Korea on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and veered off the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.

Boeing has issued a statement after one of its 737-800 jets crash landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing at least 127 people. In a statement posted to X, the airplane manufacturer said it was in contact with the airline Jeju Air and was "ready to support them.