A plane veered off a runway and hit a fence at an airport in South Korea on Sunday morning, killing at least 62 people.

Fire crews are on the tarmac of the Muan International Airport, in the country’s southwest, and are continuing attempts to rescue passengers and crew from the burnt wreckage.

Only two people had been rescued by 12pm local time, authorities said, suggesting there were grave fears for the rest of the 181 people who had boarded the flight from Bangkok, in Thailand. 

The reason for the crash is under investigation, with initial reports suggesting a faulty landing gear was the cause.

Video showed the twin-engine aircraft skidding down the runway with no apparent landing gear before slamming into a wall in an explosion of flame and debris.

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