Bangkok: Following a plane crash in South Korea that left as many as 85 people dead, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed her condolences to the families of those affected by the deadly accident.

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

Thirty-six people died in a plane crash at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, Sunday. According to fire department officials, 173 Korean and two Thai passengers as well as six crew members were onboard the Jeju Air flight that departed Thailand at 1:30 a.

At least 47 people died when a commercial airplane crashed Sunday at South Korea's Muan International Airport, a spokesperson for the country’s national fire agency said.

An aircraft carrying 181 people has crashed at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 28 people, the Yonhap news agency reports. The aircraft drove off a runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in the south west of the country,