An airliner landed without wheels and burst into flames as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport on Sunday.

A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

The plane crash is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who had been appointed the interim leader only on Friday, as the country grapples with a political crisis at the highest levels.

The passenger plane was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. The flight came from Bangkok and was carrying 181 people.

The crash occurred as a Jeju Air passenger plane, carrying 175 passengers and six crew on a flight from Bangkok, was landing Sunday morning.

A passenger jet skidded off a runway and into a concrete fence, bursting into flames and killing at least 85 aboard after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy.

South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, further deepening the country's political crisis.

SEOUL—At least 96 people died after a plane crashed Sunday while attempting to land at an airport in South Korea, according to the country’s national fire agency.The plane skidded off the runway and collided with a barrier at an airport in Muan County,

A deepening political crisis in South Korea has not diminished the military readiness of 28,500 troops stationed in the Asian state, a U.S. official said on Friday, but Washington is closely monitoring the situation.

Han has been the caretaker leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the assembly over his short-lived imposition of martial law earlier this month.

The impeachment of Han Duck-soo, acting president since Yoon was impeached on Dec. 14 for declaring martial law, has thrown South Korea's once-vibrant democratic success story into uncharted territory.