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The vice-president of Korean Air has [quite / quit] over an embarrassing incident [involving / involved] a bag of nuts. Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of the airline's president, was on a [flight / fright] from New York to South Korea on December 5. She was sitting in the first [classy / class] cabin when a flight attendant [saved / served] her a snack of a bag of macadamia nuts. Ms Cho, 40, was angry that the nuts were not [given / gave] to her on a plate. She shouted at the flight attendant and told him the [training / trained] manual said the nuts should be served on a plate. Cho forced the man to kneel [up / down] and apologise. She ordered him [to / for] leave the airplane, which had to return to the departure gate to let him off. The flight was [delayed / replayed] for 20 minutes because of Cho's actions.

The [incident / incidence] is big news in Korea, where journalists are calling it "nut rage". Aviation [official / officials] in Korea could take [legal / legally] action against Cho. They said her actions could have [put / done] the 250 passengers on the flight [on / in] danger. Officials may also question the captain for turning the aircraft round without a [well / good] reason. Cho's father asked the Korean public to [forgive / forgiven] the "foolish" actions of his daughter. He told reporters: "I am making my [apology / apologise] both as head of Korean Air and as a father. I [bag / beg] the people to blame me for the current situation, because everything is my fault….I failed to properly educate my daughter." He has also [removal / removed] his daughter from all the posts she held in his companies.