A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

South Korea’s fire agency says 96 people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in the country’s south.The fire engulfed the aircraft carrying 181 people when it skidded off the runway just after landing and struck a barrier on Sunday.

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.

The plane crash is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who had been appointed the interim leader only on Friday, as the country grapples with a political crisis at the highest levels.

The crash occurred as a Jeju Air passenger plane, carrying 175 passengers and six crew on a flight from Bangkok, was landing Sunday morning.

South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, further deepening the country's political crisis.

Han has been the caretaker leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the assembly over his short-lived imposition of martial law earlier this month.

A passenger jet skidded off a runway and into a concrete fence, bursting into flames and killing at least 85 aboard after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy.

SEOUL—At least 96 people died after a plane crashed Sunday while attempting to land at an airport in South Korea, according to the country’s national fire agency.The plane skidded off the runway and collided with a barrier at an airport in Muan County,

A deepening political crisis in South Korea has not diminished the military readiness of 28,500 troops stationed in the Asian state, a U.S. official said on Friday, but Washington is closely monitoring the situation.

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