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00:00Jeju Air is South Korea's first low-cost airline founded back in 2005. It often flies planes from
00:07the capital Seoul to the island of Jeju in the south. It has a rather good reputation,
00:14certainly no fatalities recorded in the past. In 2021, the company was investigated for flying
00:21a plane with a damaged wing. It was punished with a C safety grade that year by the Ministry of
00:27Transport. This year, it was given an A grade. The best grade was A++, just to give you a range.
00:35Jeju Air has posted a condolence message on its website since Sunday's accident,
00:41saying our first priority is to do everything possible to manage this incident. We sincerely
00:46apologize for causing concern. As for South Korea's aviation safety as a whole,
00:53it's got a solid track record. In the past 10 years, 67 aircrafts have been involved in
01:00an accident and 59 people have died in total. So, Sunday's crash then with such a high death
01:07toll coming as a real shock. Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 has now become the worst crash the country
01:15has seen since a Korean air accident in 1997 in Guam, the U.S. territory that killed more than
01:23200 people.