All posts tagged "nut rage"

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    Korean Air chief apologizes to steward allegedly assaulted by his daughter

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The chairman of Korean Air Lines Co. apologized to a chief steward forced off a taxiing plane by his eldest daughter over in-flight service during the second hearing of the so-called “nut rage” trial...

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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    Korean Air suffers drop in passengers after ‘nut rage’

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of passengers using Korean Air Line Co., South Korea’s top flag carrier, dropped in December apparently affected by the so-called “nut rage” that has tarnished its image among travelers, industry data showed...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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  • Former Korean Air VP Cho Hyun-ah will be standing trial. (Yonhap)
    Former Korean Air exec to stand trial

    For interfering with a government investigation and violating aviation security law SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A prosecutor says Cho Hyun-ah, the former Korean Air Lines executive who ordered a crew member off a flight in an...

    • Posted January 7, 2015
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  • Korean Air's ex-vice president Heather Cho (Korea Times file)
    Korean Air heiress to be indicted

    SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) — Prosecutors said Tuesday that they plan to indict a former vice president of South Korea’s top airline, Korea Air Lines Co., later this week over a controversial air-rage incident. Cho Hyun-ah, the...

    • Posted January 5, 2015
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  • Cho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and former vice president of the airline company, appears at Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board in western Seoul on Dec. 12, 2014, to be questioned for ordering a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol. (Yonhap)
    4 S. Korean officials face punishment over improper ‘nut rage’ investigation

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four South Korean officials will be punished for improper conduct during an investigation into a former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts,...

    • Posted December 29, 2014
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  • Plastic containers of Macadamia nuts for sale are displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)
    Sales of macadamia nuts soar in Korea after ‘nut rage’

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias....

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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