South Korea aircraft crash horror: Aircraft carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew crashes off runway ‘and erupts into ball of flames’

An aircraft carrying 175 passengers has reportedly crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at a South Korean airport.

The Jeju Air flight was returning from Bangkok when the horror unfolded at Muan International Airport in South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.

Local media are reporting there are ’28 dead’.

Pictures reportedly taken from the scene shows a huge plume of smoke as firefighters tackle the blaze. 

The plane was carrying six flight attendants when it crashed into a wall at at Muan International Airport in South Korea , the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday

Pictures reportedly taken from the scene shows a huge plume of smoke as firefighters tackle the blaze

The country’s emergency office says the 170 passengers are being rescued from the tail of the plane. 

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