Cho Hyun-Ah faces a maximum 10-year sentence if convicted of the charges, which stem from an incident in December when she allegedly forced the chief purser off a New York-Seoul flight, compelling the taxiing plane to return to the gate so he could disembark.
The 40-year-old, who was a KAL vice president at the time, took exception to being served macadamia nuts she had not asked for -- and in a bag, not a bowl -- in an incident that has sparked public outrage in South Korea.
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