When South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok arrived at the scene of the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil on Sunday, he had been on the job for less than 48 hours.

Acting South Korean President Choi Sang-mok has told emergency responders to use "all available" resources to respond to the crash.

South Korean officials say a passenger plane burst into flames after it skidded off a runway at an airport and slammed into a concrete fence

Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok became on Friday South Korea's second acting president in two weeks, as lawmakers voted to impeach the current acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, fuelling political uncertainty in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

The passenger plane was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. The flight came from Bangkok and was carrying 181 people.

At least 174 people have died, authorities have said, after a Jeju Air plane erupted into a fireball shortly after landing at South Korea's Muan International Airport on Sunday.

Scores of people were killed on Sunday when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, with the aircraft careening down the runway on its belly before bursting into flames.

A plane crash at a South Korean airport on Sunday has killed at least 167 people, The Associated Press reported. The jet, operated by Korea's budget airline Jeju Air, had 181 people onboard when it veered off the runway and struck a barrier as it was landing at Muan International Airport,