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By Kang Aa-young, Park Si-soo
A recording of what is believed to be a tantrum by Korean Air's "water rage" heiress has dealt another blow to Cho Hyun-min, who faces her worst personal crisis after claims she threw a water bottle at an out-of-favor advertising company manager last month.
The four minutes and 21 seconds file went public on online news outlet OhMyNews on Saturday. The file, uploaded on the outlet's YouTube account, has attracted nearly 1.39 million views with 3,600 acidly critical comments (as of noon Sunday).
OhMyNews said the voice was recorded at Korean Air's headquarters and therefore had nothing to do with the ongoing scandal. But the file was a hint of her "typical" manner and attitude toward Korean Air employees, the news organization said.
The outlet refused to reveal when the voice was recorded to protect the file's provider. Korea Air did not confirm if the recorded voice was Cho's.
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYWLE03G8U
The file begins with someone yelling: "Who do you think you are? I'm going nuts." The furious speaker then swears at someone.
Meanwhile, Cho returned home from overseas on Sunday and said, "I was foolish. I am sorry." She denied throwing water at the employee, but admitted pushing him.
Cho is the second daughter of Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho. She is a younger sister of Cho Hyun-ah, who was jailed in 2014 in the so-called nut rage scandal, in which she ordered her flight to return to an airport gate in New York because she was upset about how her nuts were served on the plane.
