'Nut rage' causes Korean Air executive to quit

A VP of Korean Air who flew in to a rage over the way she had been served nuts by an air steward has resigned.

Cho Hyun-Ah, also known as Heather Cho, had demanded the crew member be removed from a flight last Friday for failing to serve the nuts on a plate.

Cho, the 40-year old daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, had been preparing to take off from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Incheon on KAL Flight 86 when a flight attendant served her macadamia nuts in a paper bag, rather than a dish. Some reports suggest she was also upset at not being asked first whether she wanted the nuts in the first place.