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South Korea toughens aviation laws after 'nut rage' incident

SEOUL: -- South Korea has enacted tougher laws against unruly air passengers, after the so-called nut rage scandal which saw a top Korean Air executive jailed.


Under the new rules, passengers will pay a higher fine if they disturb the pilot. Transport officials say they revised laws because of public demand.

Heather Cho was convicted last February after ordering a taxiing plane back to the gate to offload a steward who served the nuts the wrong way.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35349618

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-- BBC 2016-01-19

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"Under the new rules, passengers will pay a higher fine if they disturb the pilot."

Strange. Being an American, I was under the impression that all commercial planes had a lock on their cockpit door. One that only the pilot and co-pilot could open. I guess I am mistaken. IMO it seemed to be the smart thing to do. One would think it would prevent this sort of thing from happening.

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If you haven't already, go back and read about the original story that prompted this new rule. Then, along with it NeverSure stating that the intercom can be used, it will all make sense.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35349618

Oh yeah, sorry! I haven't finished my morning coffee. The OP's original article does reference the incident that was a big story in Korea. Most importantly, as I understand it, the govt. was responding to the public's outrage about this act done by a privileged member of the chaebol, the S. Korean big business conglomerate.

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