Korean Air heiress denies charges in ‘nut rage’ trial
Social affairsJan 19, 2015
Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-ah on Monday stood in her first trial hearing on allegations that she had changed flight plans and interfered with a government probe into an on-flight incident she was involved in last month. The eldest daughter of the airline owner Cho Yang-ho was indicted on Jan. 7 for five charges including violence and obstructing the crew duty in the New York-Seoul flight, a month after the so-called “nut rage” row stirred public uproar. Cho Hyun-ah (center) is escorted a holdi