Det tyrkiske flyselskapet MNG Jet har anmeldt en av sine ansatte til tyrkiske myndigheter. Det skjer etter at denne personen var ansvarlig for å leie to av selskapets privatefly, som så ble benyttet av den libanesiske direktøren for Nissan og Renault i Japan.
Direktøren rømte fra Japan etter å ha blitt anmeldt av bilkonsernet for korrupsjon. I desember 2019 skal mannen som hadde fransk pass, ha leid to forskjellige private jetfly for å rømme fra Japan til Istanbul, deretter fra Istanbul til Libanon.
Det var tyrkiske medier som oppdaget at direktøren hadde fløyet med to fly tilhørende det tyrkiske selskapet, for å rømme fra Japan og en tiltale som kunne bli en fengselsstraff.
Flyselskapet har gjennom en pressemelding gitt uttrykk for at den ansatte var klar over hvem som leide flyet og holdt dette skult for ledelsen og administrasjonen. Innleien ble gjort gjennom et eksternt selskap og navnet på direktøren som skulle rømme ble ikke oppgitt i passasjerlisten på de to flyturene.
Direktøren var under husarrest men klarte allikevel å flykte fra japanske myndigheter. Han har sittet i husarrest siden november 2018 da selskapet Nissan anmeldte direktøren sin for korrupsjon.
3 January 2020
MNG Jet filed a criminal complaint concerning the illegal use of its jet charter services in relation to Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan.
On Wednesday 1 January 2020, MNG Jet filed a criminal complaint concerning the illegal use of its jet charter services in relation to Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan.
In December 2019, MNG Jet leased two separate private jets to two different clients: one private jet from Dubai to Osaka and Osaka to Istanbul, and another private jet from Istanbul to Beirut. The two leases were seemingly not connected to each other. The name of Mr Ghosn did not appear in the official documentation of any of the flights. The jets did not belong to but were operated by MNG Jet.
After having learnt through the media that the leasing was benefitting Mr. Ghosn and not the officially declared passengers, MNG Jet launched an internal inquiry and filed a criminal complaint in Turkey on Wednesday 1 January 2020 to prosecute those who were involved.
One employee of the company, who is under investigation by the authorities, has admitted having falsified the records. He confirmed that he acted in his individual capacity, without the knowledge or the authorisation of the management of MNG Jet.
MNG Jet is pro-actively cooperating with the authorities and hopes that the people who illegally used and/or facilitated the use of the services of the company will be duly prosecuted.
MNG Jet is an international company offering solutions in business jet maintenance, operation and charter services. Headquartered in Turkey, it operates globally according to best international standards.
Can ŞAŞMAZ
General Manager
MNG Jet
