South Korean prosecutors have recommended three years in jail for the former Korean Air executive charged with endangering flight safety during a tantrum over how she was served nuts.
Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Korean Air’s chairman, has denied four charges. On the final day of testimony in a Seoul court, 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 flight on 5 December after a heated confrontation, forcing the plane to return to the gate at John F Kennedy airport in New York.
A statement from one crew member described Cho as behaving like an “angry tiger” when she was offered nuts in a bag, instead of in a dish.
Park Chang-jin, the chief attendant, told the court he and others were treated like “feudal slaves” by Cho.
During the trial, Cho admitted using violence against one flight attendant by pushing her shoulder and throwing an object at her. Cho’s behaviour caused an uproar in South Korea.
The incident touched a nerve in a country where the economy is dominated by family-run conglomerates known as chaebol.
Prosecutors are also seeking jail sentences for Yeo Woon-jin, the Korean Air executive accused of pressuring cabin crew to cover up the incident and lie to investigators, and Kim Woon-sub, a transport ministry official accused of leaking secrets about the ministry’s investigation.
The three trial judges are expected to announce their verdicts before lunar new year holidays later this month.
Cho ordered the chief flight attendant off a flight on 5 December after a heated confrontation, forcing the plane to return to the gate at John F Kennedy airport in New York.
A statement from one crew member described Cho as behaving like an “angry tiger” when she was offered nuts in a bag, instead of in a dish.
Park Chang-jin, the chief attendant, told the court he and others were treated like “feudal slaves” by Cho.
During the trial, Cho admitted using violence against one flight attendant by pushing her shoulder and throwing an object at her. Cho’s behaviour caused an uproar in South Korea.
The incident touched a nerve in a country where the economy is dominated by family-run conglomerates known as chaebol.
Prosecutors are also seeking jail sentences for Yeo Woon-jin, the Korean Air executive accused of pressuring cabin crew to cover up the incident and lie to investigators, and Kim Woon-sub, a transport ministry official accused of leaking secrets about the ministry’s investigation.
The three trial judges are expected to announce their verdicts before lunar new year holidays later this month.
South Korean prosecutors seek three years’ prison for ‘nut rage’ woman
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