An executive of a local conglomerate was refused entry to the U.S. after being accused of hitting a female Korean Air flight attendant for “poor services,” airline industry sources said Sunday.

The executive allegedly hit the flight attendant’s face with a magazine as she did not service him with well-cooked instant noodles during his business trip on board a plane to Los Angeles.

The flight attendant reported the assault to the U.S. police as soon as the plane landed, and the U.S. authorities told the passenger either to be investigated or immediately fly home.

It was reported that the executive returned to Korea and denied the accusation.

Various blog sites said that the executive works for an energy-related business unit of a big business group.

By Park Hyong-ki (hkp@heraldcorp.com)