Nut rage incident
2014 air rage incident in New York City
Nut rage incident
The nut rage incident, colloquially referred to as "nutgate", (Korean: 땅콩 회항, romanized: Ttangkong hoehang) was an air rage incident that occurred on December 5, 2014, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City onboard Korean Air Flight 086. Heather Cho (Korean name: Cho Hyun-ah; later changed to Cho Seung-yeon), a vice president of Korean Air and daughter of CEO Cho Yang-ho, was dissatisfied with the way a flight attendant served macadamia nuts on the plane, and ordered the aircraft to return to the airport gate before takeoff. The incident began when all first class passengers, including Cho, were given nut snacks bagged in their original packaging, in keeping with the airline's procedures. However, Cho had expected them to be served on a plate in first class, so she verbally abused the serving flight attendant and questioned the cabin crew chief about the standard procedure of serving the nuts. After a heated confrontation, where Cho publicly humiliated both the cabin...
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