Edited sentence: As a result, a large part of the Swedish public got a skewed perception of the aircraft and came to consider Gripen to be dangerous and unreliable, as well as a waste of tax money and a general embarrassment.However, the first two Gripen crashes were recorded on video and ended up being shown many times on Swedish national television.The aircraft has yet to completely shed this reputation, although the successful sales of the plane to several foreign militaries have perhaps helped restore the Swedish public's trust in the plane