Only two survive after plane carrying 181 people crash lands in South Korea

The Jeju Air plane from Bangkok attempted a belly landing at Muan International Airport after its landing gear reportedly failed to deploy.

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00:00The Jeju Air passenger plane carrying 181 people was trying to land at Muan airport

00:07when it skidded off the runway and slammed into a concrete fence. At least 177 people

00:13are so far known to have died and that number could rise, officials say. Emergency workers

00:19managed to pull out two people alive and conscious who were both members of the crew. The Boeing

00:25737 had tried to take off for Bangkok in Thailand at 9 in the morning but never made it into

00:31the air.

00:32The cause of the accident is suspected to be a burst strike. The exact cause will be

00:41announced through a joint statement with the government.

00:49Senior executives of Jeju Air bowed their heads in apology at a news conference. The

00:56crash was one of the worst in South Korea's history.