SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's fire agency says 62 people are dead after a plane caught fire during landing in South Korea.

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

At least 28 people were dead on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and crashed in South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported.

With at least 85 people killed, the crash marked the worst aviation accident involving a South Korean airline since a Korean Air jet slammed into a hill in Guam, a U.S. territory in the western Pacific, in 1997. That crash killed 229 of the 254 people on board.

The flight, operated by Jeju Air, had departed from Bangkok with 175 passengers and six crew members aboard.

At least 28 people were dead on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and crashed in South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported.

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