The Jeju Air plane, which was carrying 181 people, veered off the runway and into a wall before bursting into flames.
Two crew members were pulled from the wreckage but the remaining missing are now presumed dead.
The cause of the crash is “presumed to have been a bird strike,” one of the two rescued members of crew have told local media – as the number confirmed dead increased to 167.
“Smoke came out of one of the engines and then it exploded,” Ms Ku, a female flight attendant in her 20s, told Yonhap news agency.
Another survivor, flight attendant Mr Lee, 33, said he did not remember the circumstances of the crash.
When he was being checked over by a doctor in hospital he reportedly asked: “Why did I end up here?”
He added: “I was wearing my seatbelt before landing, and it seemed like the plane had landed, but I don’t remember anything after that.”
He suffered a fractured left shoulder and head injuries, according to the Aju Business Daily newspaper.
Both survivors are in hospital and receiving treatment.
Families scream and weep as names of victims read out
Families screamed and wept as the names of 22 victims identified by their fingerprints were read out.
One relative stood at a microphone to ask for more information from authorities, saying: “My older brother died and I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know.”
Another asked journalists not to film, telling them: “We are not monkeys in a zoo. We are the bereaved families.”
Credit: SkyNews
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