South Korea: 'nut rage' airline executive jailed for a year

Heather Cho acted like a 'beast' and turned plane round because nuts weren't served on plate

Heather Cho
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A former executive at South Korea's national airline, Korean Air, has been jailed for a year for forcing a plane she was travelling on to turn back because she was served macadamia nuts in a packet rather than on a plate.

Heather Cho, also known as Cho Hyun-ah, was on a flight from New York's JFK Airport to Seoul on 5 December last year. The plane was taxiing on the runway when Cho was served the nuts, says the BBC.

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