Two people have been pulled from the wreckage of the passenger plane that crashed in South Korea this Sunday morning, December 29, 2024. Both of them are crew members. However rescuers have warned that they do not expect to find many more survivors from the inferno.

At least 122 people have been confirmed dead in the plane crash, according to local fire and rescue officials.

Footage showed the aircraft sliding on its belly before bursting into flames. Local fire officials and aviation experts say some sort of landing gear malfunction was likely. The pilot also made a mayday call shortly after the control tower warned about birds in the area.

The Jeju Air jetliner was carrying 175 passengers and six crew when it crash-landed at the airport in Muan county. All on board were South Korean except for two Thai nationals.

The plane, listed as a Boeing 737-800 on FlightAware, had traveled from Bangkok, Thailand. Analysts say both the Boeing 787-800 and Jeju Air, South Korea?s largest low-cost airline, have a strong safety record.

?PHOTO: Rescue workers near the site of the crashed aircraft at Muan International Airport on December 29. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters