The death toll from a passenger jet that crashed in South Korea has increased to 179, with all of the passengers and four of the plane’s six crew members believed to have died.

We now know the immediate fate of all 181 passengers on board the aircraft after finding two crew members alive at the scene of the horrific accident and sending them to the hospital.

The flight was a Jeju Air passenger airliner, a Boeing 737-800, that had taken off from Bangkok, Thailand, and crashed after making an emergency landing at an airfield in Muan, South Korea.

Footage from the disaster appeared to show the jet going on the runway without its landing gear deployed before colliding with a concrete wall and exploding.

The collision destroyed much of the plane, leaving just the tail part visible among the rubble.

According to the BBC, local news sites said that one of the passengers texted a family member that a bird was stuck in the wing’ of the jet.

“Should I leave my last words?” was the final message they were able to send before the plane crashed, and since all passengers had been proven dead, it would have been their last message.

An examination into the disaster revealed that the jet was attempting to land before receiving a bird strike warning from air traffic control.

Two minutes later, the pilot sent out a Mayday alert and received permission to land at the airport. The aircraft subsequently collided with the ground without its landing gear deployed, skidding into the wall.

Investigators can now learn what happened to the airliner in its final minutes thanks to the recovery of the black box from the accident site.

The South Korean government has announced seven days of mourning, and family members of the passengers on board the jet who had gathered at Muan International Airport will get the devastating news that their loved ones did not survive.

We will close the runway until New Year’s Day.

Investigators reported that the two crew members who survived the evacuation of the plane sustained moderate to severe injuries. The youngest passenger on board the plane was three years old, while the oldest was 78.

Five of the passengers aboard the airplane were under the age of ten.

We are investigating a bird strike or meteorological conditions as potential causes of the accident, but we have not yet determined the actual cause.