Korean Air victim gets injury recognition

SEOUL: The Korean Air chief steward ejected from a flight by a senior airline executive in a now infamous "nut rage" incident, has had his industrial injury claim approved by a state agency, officials said Wednesday.
The recognition comes as Park Chang-Jin is reportedly preparing to file a lawsuit in US court demanding $50-million-dollar damages from Korean Air for the abuse he claims he suffered at the hand of Cho Hyun-Ah, a former vice-president of the airline.
The eldest daughter of the airline´s chairman, Cho was vice-president in charge of in-flight service at the time of her December 5 "nut rage" meltdown on board a Seoul-bound KAL flight that had just left the gate in New York.
As the plane was taxiing to the runway, Cho, sitting in first class, became enraged when a flight attendant served her some nuts in a bag, rather than on a plate.
She then berated Park for his team´s shortcomings, and the steward said he was forced to kneel in front of her while she shouted and jabbed him with an in-flight manual.