Prosecutors said Tuesday that they plan to seek an arrest warrant for the former vice president of Korean Air over an incident dubbed “nut rage.”
Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of the Korean Air chairman, resigned earlier this month after a national uproar over her conduct aboard the flight departing from New York’s JFK Airport.
She ordered the chief purser of the plane that was already on the taxiway to get off because she was displeased about the way she was served her macadamia nuts — in an unopened pack instead of on a plate. She chastised the crew for not following the service manual for first-class passengers.
The flight, with some 250 other passengers aboard, had to return to the gate to deplane the purser, causing an 11-minute delay in its arrival at Incheon, Seoul’s main gateway.
Seoul Western Prosecutors’ Office probing the case said it will ask a court to issue the warrant for Cho on Wednesday morning.
Charges against Cho would include violation of the aviation law and coercion, prosecutors said.
(Yonhap)
