Photographers take photographs of a bus transporting Cho Hyun-ah, also known as Heather Cho, daughter of chairman of Korean Air Lines, Cho Yang-ho, at the Seoul Western District Prosecutor's office in Seoul February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court sentenced the daughter of Korean Air Lines' <003490.KS> chairman to one year in prison, after finding her guilty over an on-board incident in New York concerning the way she was served nuts in first class.
Heather Cho, the airline's former head of in-flight service, violated the law by ordering the plane to return to the gate after it started to taxi on Dec. 5, the court ruled on Thursday.
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