Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn: How I escaped Japan in a box By Dearbail Jordan & Simon Jack
Business reporter, BBC News 1 day ago
At 10.30pm on a cold December night in 2019, a former titan of the global car industry lay bundled inside a box on board a plane, waiting to flee Japan.
"The plane was scheduled to take off at 11pm," recalls Carlos Ghosn.
"The 30 minutes waiting in the box on the plane, waiting for it to take off, was probably the longest wait I've ever experienced in my life."
Now, for the first time, the man who was once the boss of both Nissan and Renault has detailed his daring escape.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Ghosn tells how he disguised himself to slip unnoticed through the streets of Tokyo, why a large music equipment box was chosen to smuggle him out of Japan and the elation he felt when he finally landed in his native Lebanon.
"The thrill was that finally, I'm going to be able to tell the story," he said. …..
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On the doorstep of a covid19 pandemic;
this escape tale is one for many generations of grandkids to learn from.
