No fewer than 124 lives have been lost after a plane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea.
The Boeing 737-800 flight, operated by airline Jeju Air, was reported to have 181 passengers on board and was arriving at Muan Airport from Bangkok, Thailand, when it crashed.
Two persons, both members of the flight crew, were said to have been pulled from the debris alive as rescue efforts continued.
The crash is believed to be the deadliest by airplane on South Korean soil.
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The worst airplane related disaster in Korea was said to be the 2002 Air China crash which killed 129 people.
Report indicated that the last time a South Korean airline had a fatal crash was 11 years ago.
In 2013, three people were killed when Asiana Airlines flight crashed while landing in San Francisco International Airport, report indicated.
Source: BBC
