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A man whose behavior on a Hawaiian Airlines flight bound for South Korea forced him to return to Honolulu was ordered to pay the air carrier more than $ 172,000.
Kyong Chol Kim was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison for embarrassing flight attendants and crew members during the flight in February.
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Prosecutors said the 48-year-old South Korean had drunk a bottle of whiskey before the robbery and later disturbed a child sitting next to him.
Prosecutors say that he rushed on a flight attendant after the employee confronted him about his behavior.
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Members of the American service on board helped to hold Kim back as the flight turned.
Kim was ordered to pay Hawaiian Airlines the cost of returning the flight and accommodation of passengers waiting for the plane in South Korea.
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This story was originally published by the Associated Press.
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