A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after it skid off a runway at a South Korea airport and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy, killing at least 47 people,

A passenger plane carrying 181 people on board crashed while landing in an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday, killing at least 23 people, officials said. The passenger plane operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air was landing in Muan International Airport when it veered off the runway, local fire department officials said.

A plane has veered off a runway and hit a fence at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 47 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 burning wreckage.