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Hawaiian Airlines Passenger Fined $172,000 And Sentenced To Six Months In Jail For Disorderly Conduct

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 8, 2019November 14, 2023 1 Comment

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The latest edition in the perils of drinking and flying series centers on a Hawaiian Airlines flight and one man who must be feeling pretty remorseful today.

Kyong Chol Kim not only downed a bottle of whiskey before his Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to Seoul. Nope, he also started harassing the child seat next to him (verbally, not physically). 

A flight attendant confronted him on his poor behavior and Kim responded by lunging at the flight attendant. Other passengers onboard helped to restrain him and the flight returned to Honolulu. Law enforcement met the aircraft and Kim was promptly arrested.

Now, Kim has been sentenced to six months in jail (he likely won’t serve the full term) and ordered to compensate Hawaiian Airlines for the cost of the diversion. Factoring in fuel, crew time, and delay compensation to passengers, that figure totaled $172,000.

CONCLUSION

It’s simple: don’t drink too much when you fly. I write about these incidents as a reminder that while most of the time drunk passengers are merely cut off from more alcohol consumption, belligerent behavior can prove very costly.

> Read More: My AA Seatmate: “Dude, I’m High On Molly And So Drunk…”
> Read More: Drunken WestJet Passenger Fined $21,000+ For Diversion

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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1 Comment

  1. NB Reply
    July 8, 2019 at 10:12 am

    At long last, these idiots are being made to compensate for their appalling behavior. Whilst, of course, people don’t know what they are doing when they are drunk, they don’t need to get drunk in the first place.

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