Nut rage airline boss jailed for a year

'I know my faults', says remorseful woman in her letter to the court

A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced a former Korean Air executive to a year in prison for aviation law violations that stemmed from her in-flight tantrum over how she was served macadamia nuts.

Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Korean Air's chairman, Cho Yang-ho, achieved worldwide notoriety after she ordered the chief flight attendant off a Dec 5 flight, forcing it to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.