Staff Writer, Dubai

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s recent escape from Japan to Lebanon has become “one of the world’s most stunning cases of bail jumping,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

The US based newspaper has obtained photographs of the box that Ghosn allegedly hid in while boarding a private jet from Osaka to Istanbul, Turkey.

The case is typically used for audio equipment. The container used had holes drilled in the bottom so that Ghosn could breathe, tweeted WSJ’s Senior Editor Mark Maremont.

Maremont also tweeted explaining that there were approximately 10 to 15 people involved in planning the escape until a hole was found in Osaka Airport’s security.

The escape plan took over twenty trips to Japan and months in the making, he added.

https://twitter.com/MarkMaremont/status/1213985840407437313?s=20

Ghosn snuck into the “shinkansen” bullet train from Tokyo's Shinagawa station and traveled Osaka on Dec. 29, reported AFP Monday.

However, according to Japan Railway’s regulations, “each piece of luggage may not weigh more than 30kg, and its three dimensions (length, width and depth) may not add up to more than 250cm, while its length may not exceed 200cm.”

Details of the escape plan are still unclear, with Japan saying it is still investigating how he slipped past strict security measures imposed as part of his bail conditions.