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,

The plane was carrying 181 people when it crashed in the southwestern city of Muan, according to officials. Casualties are expected to rise.

At least 28 people died when a commercial airplane crashed Sunday at South Korea's Muan International Airport, a spokesman for the country’s national fire agency said.The plane, which was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members,