The plane veered off a runway at Muan International Airport and caught fire after crashing, a fire official said.

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

An aeroplabe carrying 175 passengers has crashed into a wall at an aiport and burst into flames as mass casualties are feared tonight. The aircraft has smashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in South Korea. Yonhap news agency reports it was also carrying six flight attendants and appeared to have careered off the runway.

An Israeli strike on the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on Dec. 26, killed at least four people, according to local media. Houthi attacks on Israel have ramped up in recent weeks.

The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike on Yemen's main airport carried out by Israel a day earlier during a series of attacks on the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.