Dozens killed when passenger jet crashes while landing at South Korean airport

South Korean emergency officials say that at least 47 people are dead after a plane caught fire during landing at an airport in the country's south.

The fire engulfed the Jeju Air passenger jet carrying 181 people when it skidded off the runway — just after landing at the airport in the southern city of Muan — and struck a barrier. The country's emergency office said its landing gear appeared to have malfunctioned. 

The National Fire Agency says that a total of 47 people on board have been found dead as a result of the incident.