The emergency workplace mentioned the hearth was virtually put out and rescue officers had been making an attempt to take away passengers from the Jeju Air passenger airplane on the airport within the southern metropolis of Muan.
It mentioned the airplane with about 180 individuals was coming back from Bangkok.
South Korean media retailers together with Yonhap information company reported that at the very least 28 individuals had died within the fireplace.
The Muan Hearth Station mentioned it could not instantly affirm the casualty reviews.
It mentioned emergency employees pulled out at the very least two passengers.
Yonhap reported the airplane veered off the runway and collided with a fence.
Emergency officers mentioned they had been analyzing the precise explanation for the hearth.
Native TV stations aired footage exhibiting thick pillows of black smoke billowing from the airplane engulfed with flame.
The incident got here as South Korea is embroiled in an enormous political disaster triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s gorgeous imposition of martial regulation and ensuing impeachment.
Final Friday, South Korean lawmakers impeached appearing President Han Duck-soo and suspended his duties, leaving Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok on the helm.
Choi ordered officers to make use of all accessible assets to rescue the passengers and crew, in keeping with Yonhap information company.
