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Korean Air 'nut rage' exec could spend 3 years in prison over incident on plane

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South Korean prosecutors recommended 3 years in prison on Monday for the former Korean Air executive charged with endangering flight safety after an in-flight tantrum over how she was served macadamia nuts.


Cho, the daughter of Korean Air's chairman, has pleaded not guilty to four charges. In the final day of testimony, she defended her actions as the result of devotion to work and said cabin crew in first class had erred by not following proper procedures.



Cho ordered the chief flight attendant off a Dec. 5 flight after a heated confrontation with cabin crew, forcing the plane to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. She was angry at being offered nuts in a bag, instead of on a dish. Park Chang-jin, the chief attendant, told the court he and others were treated like "feudal slaves" by Cho. Read more...


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