Guest Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Man ordered to pay $172K for disrupting flight from Honolulu A man whose behaviour on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to South Korea forced it to return to Honolulu has been ordered to pay the air carrier more than $172,000 US. U.S. service members on board helped restrain passenger as flight turned around The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 06, 2019 7:25 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Prosecutors say the man who was arrested was intoxicated aboard the South Korea-bound Hawaiian Airlines jet. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) A man whose behaviour on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to South Korea forced it to return to Honolulu has been ordered to pay the air carrier more than $172,000 US. Kyong Chol Kim was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail for interfering with flight attendants and crew members on the flight in February. Prosecutors say the 48-year-old South Korean man drank a bottle of whiskey before the flight and later bothered a child seated next him. Prosecutors say he lunged at a flight attendant after the employee confronted him about his behaviour. U.S. service members on board helped restrain Kim as the flight turned around. Kim was ordered to pay Hawaiian Airlines the cost of returning the flight and accommodating passengers waiting for the plane in South Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 “Kyong Chol Kim was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail for interfering with flight attendants and crew members on the flight in February.” Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st27 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 I’ll bet the Service Members were more than happy to oblige!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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