Jeju Air apologises for fatal plane crash in South Korea, Boeing offers condolences

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South Korean airline Jeju Air apologised to the families of the victims of its plane crash at Muan International Airport on Sunday (Dec 29) morning, as he death toll rose to 120 out of the 181 people on board the ill-fated flight 7C2216.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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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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