Jeju Air CEO apologises for plane crash at airport in South Korea

The CEO of South Korean airline Jeju Air apologised to the victims of Sunday's plane crash that has killed at least 120 people.

In a short media briefing, CEO Kim E-bae said that supporting the bereaved was a top priority for now, reports Reuters.

At least 120 people were killed when the airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea's Muan International Airport on Sunday, the national fire agency said.

Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 181 people on board, was attempting to land shortly after 9am (0000 GMT) at the airport in the south of the country, South Korea's transport ministry said.

The ministry also confirmed the casualties in the deadliest air accident involving a South Korean airline in nearly three decades.