00:00Top executives of South Korean airline Jeju Air apologized to the victims of Sunday's
00:06plane crash that has killed at least 120 people.
00:11Jeju Air CEO Kim Ebae said giving support to the bereaved families is now the company's
00:16top priority.
00:18He said the plane had no early signs of malfunction and it did not have previous records of accidents.
00:24Aircraft manufacturer Boeing also offered its condolences to the victims' families.
00:30Grieving relatives of the victims gathered at Muan International Airport to await the
00:34developments following the tragedy.
00:39Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, traveling from Bangkok with 181 people on board, landed at the Muan
00:47Airport at about 9 a.m., but it overshot the runway before ramming into a wall at the airport.
00:54According to the Transport Ministry's data, the crash is the worst by any South Korean
00:59airline since the Korean Air crash in Guam in 1997 that killed 229 people.
01:05The fire department said the fire was extinguished by 1 p.m. and two crew members were rescued
01:11from the tail section of the plane.
01:13They said only the tail part retained a bit of shape, while the rest of the plane was
01:17almost impossible to recognize.
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