Call for three-year term in nut air rage case

South Korean prosecutors have recommended three years in prison for the former Korean Air executive charged with endangering flight safety after an in-flight tantrum over how she was served macadamia nuts.

Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Korean Air’s chairman, has pleaded not guilty to four charges. In the final day of testimony, 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.

Ms Cho ordered the chief flight attendant off a December 5 flight after a heated confrontation with cabin crew, forcing the plane to return to the gate at John F Kennedy Airport in New York.