Plane veers off airport runway in South Korea and crashes, killing 179: reports

A Jeju Air plane crashed at a South Korea airport on Sunday local time, killing dozens of passengers.

Jeju Air, a low-cost airline in South Korea, was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members in the Boeing 737-800 when the incident occurred Sunday morning local time at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Jeolla Province, roughly 180 miles south of Seoul. A screengrab from video footage captured near Muan International Airport shows black smoke billowing into the air from the airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, on Dec. 29. (Yonhap via REUTERS) A Jeju Air Boeing 737-8FH on the runway at Jeju International Airport in Jeju, South Korea, in 2018. (S3studio/Getty Images) Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. 

So far, the victims have been identified as 84 women, 82 men and 11 others whose genders weren’t immediately identifiable, the fire agency said.  Story tips and ideas can be sent to sarah.rumpf@fox.com and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.