Korean Air Executive To Quit Remaining Posts After Nuts Scandal.

The Korean Air executive who kicked up a fuss over a bag of nuts will resign from her remaining posts with the airline, the company chairman -- who is also her father -- said Friday.

The executive, Heather Cho, found herself at the center of a media storm

after she ordered that a plane turn back to the gate and that a flight attendant be removed -- all because she was served nuts in a bag instead of on a plate in first class.

Although her role put her in charge of in-flight service, she was only a passenger on the flight and was not flying in an official capacity.

The incident, which took place last week at New York's JFK airport, stirred anger among the South Korean public over Cho's behavior.

Cho, whose Korean name is Cho Hyun-ah, resigned Tuesday from the airline's catering and in-flight sales business, and from its cabin service and hotel business divisions, the company said.

But the 40-year-old kept her title as a vice president of the national carrier, according to company spokesman.

That's going to change, her father, Cho Yang-ho, said Friday as he made a public apology for what happened.

She will be resigning from the vice president job and positions held in affiliate companies, he said.

Asked by reporters how the incident could have happened, the company chairman blamed himself, saying he'd raised her badly.

Source:CNN