Asylum-seekers disguises himself as an old man

[immense]

Amazing.

The young man, who was arrested when he arrived in Canada, boarded an Air Canada flight on October 29 wearing a realistic silicon head and neck mask that made him appear elderly, according to media reports and photographs.

A spokesman for Canada's public safety minister confirmed the incident but declined further comment. The man requested asylum in Canada when he arrived, which prevents officials from disclosing his name or where he is from. He is now being held in custody.

The man was able to board the flight apparently without a passport or any other documents with a picture or date of birth. He carried the boarding pass of a U.S. citizen who was booked on the flight.

Although the young man is of Asian origin, the intricate disguise made him look like a very elderly Caucasian.

"It is believed that the subject and the actual United States citizen passenger, whose date of birth is 1955, performed a boarding pass swap," according to a Canadian Border Services Agency security alert obtained by CNN.

An Air Canada spokesman said the issue was under investigation by Canadian authorities, but said there are multiple identification checks for passengers in Hong Kong - including one by the Chinese government.

Transport Canada is investigating if screening regulations were broken. It is the responsibility of airlines to verify the identity of passengers who appear to be 18 years or older before they are allowed on the aircraft.

"That means air carriers are supposed to look at a passenger's entire face to determine if they appear to be over 18 and if so, compare their physical appearance with their travel documents," said John Babcock, a spokesman for Transport Minister Chuck Strahl.

The man went into the airplane toilet midway through the flight and removed his disguise, according to the CBSA alert which noted the impostor did not attempt to disguise the age of his hands.

A search of the man's luggage uncovered gloves and a "disguise kit," according to the alert.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101105...r-81f3b62.html

Click on that and look art the image. Wicked trick.

[Eoin247]

I saw this on CNN, and when i saw the pics and the headline i just laughed. That guy sure had some disguise.

[Conservative,]

Wow. Crazy stuff.

[immense]

It looks really convincing too, if only he didn't change half way through.

[Eoin247]

It looks really convincing too, if only he didn't change half way through.

Yeah lol he was doing so well why change?

[immense]

Maybe he was meeting someone on the other side who couldn't see him like that and was hoping there would be no questions asked. Does seem really odd though, of course people around him were going to notice and if you notice something weird on a plane you're 10x more likely to kick off about it haha.

[Dean]

He could board without a passport? What?!

[-:Undertaker:-]

Inventive fellow, now send him back.