Singer Bobby Kim refuted the interview that YTN had released with a representative of Korean Air, where the rep. stated that Bobby Kim had agreed to sit in an economy class seat.
It was reported that Bobby Kim was under investigation by police in the United States for in-flight disturbances while on his way to San Francisco.
As it was revealed before, YTN reported the incident as well as an interview that they had with a Korean Air representative. According to the report, Bobby Kim had issues with his seating prior to the flight as he was supposed to be upgraded from economy to a business class seat, but it didn't go according to plan. Within 4-5 hours into the plane ride, Bobby Kim got drunk and started raising his voice and caused a commotion. He is also said to have sexually harassed a stewardess by touching her on her waist and such.
The airline rep. told YTN, "We tried to change the seating for him because the flight time was approaching. But because the flight time was getting delayed [of this issue], Bobby Kim said, 'Then I'll just take the economy seat.' That's why he was seated in economy."
Since then, the agency released an official apology on January 9, stating that Bobby Kim was deeply regretful of the situation and overlooking the reason. In addition to his apology, the official statement also recounted the situation in detail.
They wrote, "He used his own mileage points to reserve business class seats, but because of an issue that Korean Air had, the ticket changed to economy seating. We continuously complained to the airline about the ticket and even when there were empty seats in business class, they refused to change Bobby's seating."
Representatives of Bobby continued to refute the claims that were made by Korean Air and said, "The truth is far from what the Korean Air representative had said during the interview. At the time the ticket was issued, Korean Air admitted to their fault. Bobby Kim strongly requested that his seat got changed from economy to business if there were seats left, but the problem had not resolved. Even before the boarding gate, he had raised the issue [of his seating], but it wasn't getting solved. And because it was delaying the flight time, Bobby Kim just said, 'I'll take the economy seat for now.'"
They added, "The reason he said that he would take the economy seat for now was he thought that they would be able to fix the problem inside the plane as it was the fault of the airline. But even when Bobby Kim continued to request a seat change inside the plane, his request was denied."
Although Bobby Kim's representative admitted that there was no excuse for the singer's actions, they continued to strongly state that what the Korean Air representative had stated to YTN was false, and the initial mistake was made by the airline.
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