Air Busan flight attendant ridicules passengers' hairstyles as broccoli

This is the photo of passengers posted on Instgram by an Air Busan flight attendant who dubbed it a “broccoli farm” due to the identical hairstyles./ Yonhap

By Kang Aa-young

A flight attendant of Air Busan, a low-cost carrier, apologized Tuesday for disrespectful comments and photos posted by one of its flight attendants on Instagram.

The flight attendant, on a Busan-Jeju flight on Saturday, took photos of the passengers from behind and posted them with comments such as "looking all the same” and "broccoli farm.”

It was an obvious reference to the hairstyle of the middle-aged married women or “ajumma” in the photo.

One of her colleagues commented, “The plane heading to China.”

After the post went viral, the attendant, “I sincerely apologize to the people who may have felt hurt.”

The supervisor of the Air Busan flight promised no repeat of such inappropriate behavior by its employees.