(Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors charged the daughter of the chairman of Korean Air Lines on Wednesday for delaying a flight following an outburst over the way she was served nuts, in a case that stirred public outrage and ridicule.
Heather Cho, a former executive of the airline and head of in-flight service before she resigned, had demanded the chief steward be removed from the flight at John F. Kennedy airport in New York after another flight attendant in first class served her macadamia nuts in a bag, not on a dish.
The early December incident, which media has dubbed the “nut rage” case, has aggravated public resentment of South Korea’s powerful family-run conglomerates, called chaebol, which are seen as dominating the economy and contributing to a widening wealth gap.
Prosecutors said Cho, who has been held in custody by a court since Dec. 30, was facing charges of violating aviation security law and obstructing a government investigation.
The Airbus A380 on which Cho was traveling had pushed back from its gate but returned for the chief attendant to disembark. It arrived in South Korea 11 minutes late… see more
source: reuters
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