A passenger aboard the doomed Jeju Air flight sent a final message to a relative shortly before the plane crashed into a concrete barrier in South Korea and burst into flames, killing 179 people.

According to News1 agency, one of the passengers on board the jet, which flew from Thailand to Muan International Airport on Sunday morning, texted a relative that a bird was stuck in the plane’s wing.

“Shall I say my last words?” According to the outlet, the passenger texted his relative.

Video captured the terrifying moment when the twin-engine Boeing 737-800 skidded down the runway with no working landing gear and crashed into a wall in a fiery explosion.

Two crew members survived and everyone else on board is presumed dead, officials said. The victims – including 85 women, 84 men and 10 others who were not immediately identified – died in the fire, the South Korean fire department said.

The two survivors were brought to safety. Officials said her condition was not life-threatening.

All passengers were South Korean nationals, except two Thai nationals, officials said.

After the crash, around 1,570 firefighters, police officers, soldiers and other rescue workers were sent to the scene.

Horrifying footage shows the Boeing jet explosion as it happened – the plane appeared to land on its belly, sparks and smoke flying from the runway before crashing and exploding in a fireball.

The plane had attempted to land before the crash, but was forced to “fly around” and try again when the landing gear failed to lower.

Lee Jeong-hyeon, Muan fire chief, said officials are investigating various theories about the cause of the crash, including whether the plane was struck by birds.

Transportation Department officials said the airport’s control tower issued a bird strike warning to the plane shortly before it was scheduled to land and gave the pilot permission to land in a different area.

The pilot then sent out a distress signal just before the plane overshot the end of the runway and skidded across a buffer zone before crashing into the wall, officials said.

The plane’s black box was recovered and is being examined as part of the investigation. Transportation Ministry officials added that the runway at Muan Airport would be closed until January 1.

With post wires