‘Unbelievable’ Pics: Young Man Boards Flight to Canada in Astounding Old Man Disguise
- Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:04am by
Meredith Jessup
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An “unbelievable” disguise allowed one Air Canada passenger to illegally board an October 29 flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver — a disguise that now has Canadian Border Security officials on heightened alert.
In what Canada Border Services Agency is describing as an “unbelievable case of concealment,” a gentlemen who initially appeared to be an elderly Caucasian emerged from the airplane lavatory mid-flight as a young, 20-something Asian man. After the man’s swapped identity caught the attention of the flight crew, Border Services Officers (BSOs) were alerted and escorted the man from the plane when it landed on Canadian soil. According to CNN, it was at this time that the young man “proceeded to make a claim for refugee protection.”
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“We can confirm that officials from the CBSA met a passenger arriving off AC018 Hong Kong to Vancouver on October 29 and the matter is still under investigation,” Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick told CNN. Fitzpatrick also noted that “there are multiple identity checks before departure at the Hong Kong international airport, including Chinese government-run Hong Kong passport control, which Hong Kong originating passengers must undergo.”
But according to a security alert obtained by CNN, the man traveled with a full disguise kit that seems to have easily fooled Hong Kong’s airport security screeners:
“The subject initially claimed to be in possession of one bag; however, flight crew approached the BSOs with two additional pieces of luggage which were believed to belong to the subject. One bag contained the subject’s personal clothing items while the second contained a pair of gloves. The third contained a ‘disguise kit’ which consisted of a silicone type head and neck mask of an elderly Caucasian male, a brown leather cap, glasses and a thin brown cardigan.”
The man put on the disguise for the officers who “noted he very much resembled an elderly Caucasian man, complete with mimicking the movements of an elderly person. The subject admitted at this time that he had boarded the flight with the mask on and had removed it several hours later,” according to the alert.
The unnamed suspect remains in the custody of Canadian Border Security and the agency says they are now carefully monitoring all passengers arriving on international flights into Vancouver.
According to the security memo, the suspect boarded the Air Canada flight in Hong Kong using a boarding pass that belonged to another passenger. “It is believed that the subject and the actual United States Citizen passenger (whose date of birth is 1955) performed a boarding pass swap, with the subject using an Aeroplan card [frequent flyer] as identification to board the flight,” the alert said.
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Comments (95)
JohnnyJT
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 5:02amHe could of made a lot of money in Hollywood.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:19amHey – for us old geezers, can he perform a reverse disguise?
Report Post »moriarty70
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:28amBut then you have to worry about meddeling kids.
Report Post »LasVegas Lady
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:50amIs this a hoax?
Report Post »Jimmers46
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:17amUnion goon TSA agents ??
Report Post »Hoosier
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 2:41amThis is gross.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:48amIt makes me wonder if Osama Bin Laden could get one of these and use it successfully? Or Adam Gadansk?
But what also has me curious is that several times when I’ve traveled in Asia, and recently in Africa, I get photographed at immigration there, both going in and going out. So, how did this guy get through? Also, WHO swapped boarding passes with him? AND, usually there is another photo i.d. check before boarding at the gate in most airports now. I’m a bit suspicious about this case. Could also be a test of security for some other reason.
Report Post »SGTruth
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:47amShouldn’t the 1955 birthdate have been a red flag? My dad was born in ‘35 and doesn’t look nearly that old.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:30amThe birthdate (1955) should have raised questions. I was born in 1948 and look about half the age of this mask!
Report Post »free2bme1961
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:41amWhat next? Using dental records, or fingerprints?….this could go on forever; if someone really wanted to get through any security, it will happen. :-(
Report Post »Jim Hubbard
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:10amThat’s it. Strip searches for everybody.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:51amTSA…a JOKE!
Report Post »finwe
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:33pmThis wasn’t TSA…Hong Kong to Vancouver, no US authorities involved.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:49amIt is very frightening. It makes me wonder how weak our security is.
Report Post »cruisemates
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:49amThe fact that we are obsessively concerned with TSA security at airports while our southern border is a sieve where murderers, kidnappers, human smugglers and drug-runners pass every day is one of the biggest travesties of this administration.
Sharon Angel was criticized for being “race-blind” and not recognizing latinos, yet we have Janet Napolitano (ex-governor of AZ) who certainly knows exactly what is happening in our border and chooses to keep it off the politcal radar solely for liberal expediency – to keep the Latino vote for the left.
Do you folks think it is any coincidence that they very person in charge of protecting our borders is the same person who knows exactly how the leaks in the Mexico borders work. She is basically on the wrong side in the fight, purposely placed there by this president.
I don‘t give a rat’s ash about TSA in airports, I travel all the time and I am fully aware that anytime anyone truly wanted to get away with something they could do it. All the TSA does is catch the whackos, but they are not seriously involved with organized anti-terrorist, or anti-illegal immigration problems in any shape or form.
This is misdirection, by the media (yes, even Fox news) away from the real serious issues. If you want to see at least semi-efficient serious border security go to Europe where they ask you questions about who packed your bags and check your responses, where they actually set thier metal detectors to detect belt buckles.
Report Post »jeffro314
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:56amnot just this administration! since Reagan and his first amnesty!
Report Post »and you couldn’t be more right about Napolitician… i was glad to see her leave AZ, but sad at her inability to do her duty in her current position!
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:13amI agree that our southern border in AZ is a total wacked out mess. Period. And as far as I am of any matter with Napoletano (still think she should have been named Napoleonano – given the size of her ego in proportion to her height) when she left the state of mine – great. When she turned on us and stabbed us in the back over the matter of the illegals, this then became an act of treason and sedition against the land of America.
Fine, if the cartels want to launch an attack against an american city, and the feds do nothing, they will learn one thing about AZ people – we still know how to shoot extremely well.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:47amAmazing, security is only an idea that we think we have control of. It is sucessful only until someone has another idea. Where will it all end? I don‘t fly anymore because I don’t want to feel like a crimimal for taking a flight with all the security in place now, never mind what is going to come. Just not worth any of it.
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Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:45amold grumpy white folks are easy to impersonate.
as are all ethnic characters.
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Report Post »there is something here
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:25amI saw the posting earlier on the Sharia law ban in Oklahoma, here is a second link to show just what that law encompassed, where in 2009 a girl was executed for murder when she was a juvenile and her boyfriend got just 10 years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/02/delara-darabi-executed
Report Post »jeffro314
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:40amwonder if the full body scanner would have caught this going thru security… not sure if i am scared or impressed or if this is just a stunt and non-issue…
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:39amAs has been noted: We have to be perfect and catch EVERY wannabe terrorist….they only need to get through ONCE. Odds are against us.
Report Post »Mike Liberation
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:36amThis really looks to be an unprecedented level of disguise and I can’t fault the security screeners for this. It does underscore the need to expect absolutely anything though, huh? And more importantly, whoever made that disguise for this kid is a Michelangelo of makeup, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are a pro in the Asian movie industry. Forget fake papers, its all about fake faces now!
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bglaidlaw
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:13pm@Mike: that should be an ‘Eh?’ given the context.
Report Post »dmyze
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:27amGreat now TSA is going to pinch our cheeks!
Report Post »GunnyB
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:37amDMYZE the last time I flew, TSA pinched more than my cheeks! I wonder, if a TSA agent is gay, can we sue them for sexual assault when they use the new feel you up hands on procedure, or are they the only ones that get to have fun? This whole issue is just an outrage to an American!
Report Post »IntegrityMatters
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:45amDo You mean ‘pinch’ -as in pinch half a bottle of prescription pills? All should remember the video of the female TSA employee who was hand-searching checked luggage and poured out half a bottle of Rx painkillers and put them in her pocket…it was caught on camera RIGHT ABOVE HER STATION!
Report Post »What an Idiot.
Robert W
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 5:07amI dont feel safer.
Report Post »HiredMind Blog
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:26amWow! Nice catch, flight crew!
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:25amI wouldn’t have given the “old timer” a second look.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:25amReminds me of Total Recall movie.
Report Post »GunnyB
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:24amNow we can expect those TSA guys to pull our grandfathers out of their wheelchairs and try to rip their faces off. All they were waiting for was a reason to get more physical with us and now they have it.
Report Post »burkanuck
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:17amI think the the mask makes the mouth unable to move so just asking them a question and waiting for their mouth to move would probably suffice.
Perpetua
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:49amI agree with you…this is the excuse they were looking for. I don‘t think it’s that much harder to make a mask where you can talk…I believe this type of makeup, etc. is used all the time by our law enforcement (CIA, etc) and most certainly in Hollywood and in college drama departments. Come on folks. I think we are gradually all going to be with the person who says, why fly anywhere?
Report Post »Moonbat Patrol
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:16amIf this guy in what appears to be a wax suit can get in just think what our enemy’s could do. Almost impossible to stop, and it appears to be the price we pay for our freedom and fortune. Good from far, far from good.
Report Post »HiredMind Blog
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:32amWhat could they do? Sneak into the country with no weapons?
They can do that by creating a fake identity with their own picture on it – far easier than this whole disguise business. Or they could simply sneak through one of the hundreds of drug smuggling tunnels on the southern border.
This guy wore the disguise to get away from the security forces of his own country (probably China), not to enter Canada.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 5:31amAgree about the tunnels. But even that is not necessary. Terrorists have been crossing the southern border for the last two years (and before). It is so silly to have all this airport security when they are coming in from Mexico in droves. The airports are important, but that is the distraction. A few freedom fighters from South American have been caught but most are not. It is not just drugs and illegals crossing the border…….it is terrorists planning to kill us and take our country and the administration is helping them. I
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:31amThose on the no fly list can don a rubber mask and away they go. I have to say that this stunt harkens back to the movie Total Recall when Arnold was disguised as a fat woman.
Report Post »Marius
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:11amKinda scary to think that he was able to board so easily. Only matter of time until this is tried again, only on a fight inbound to the U.S.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:13pmI looked into the mirror this morning……..Oh no, I think that’s me! Hahahha
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:08amI bawked, but I dont expect everyone to, we must get more sophisticated on this issue.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:18ambalked, sorry for the mispelling
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:08amIf this young man is seeking political asylum or refugee status, then I can see how this type of trick to escape from Hong Kong dominated China would be needed.
Yet it also once again shows a major breach of security – another hole to be potentially exploited, if it has not already been exploited, by others who would seek entry into the various North American countries of USA and Canada.
Once again homeland security and the TSA have proven to be less than worthless, even old dollars of the confederacy would probably be worth more.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 1:11amI gotta get me one of those!
Report Post »tea ****** patriot
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 2:23amYou see people, Beck warned us this was coming.
Soros is sending in communist party members dressed as elderly men to resurrect woodrow wilson from the grave. He then plans to inflate our currency to the point that we will have to use aborted fetuses as the new U.S. currency.
But don’t take my word for it, do your own research.
Robert W
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 5:03amGrandpa!
Report Post »WORKS FROM HOME
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 6:02amConsidering that this started in china I am not sure how it reflects on our airport security,but I don’t think this disguise would have fooled the full body scan technology.
Learn how to really work from home.
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mexicanhasmyjob
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:26amthere’s to much to still see in the great old USA for me to ever get on a plane again.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:48amUnbeleieeable ! So now the guy we’re sitting next to on the plane, may not be the guy we’re sitting next to on the plane. Ha The desguise certainly looks professional and would fool anybody unles it was touched or examined closely. As if the security folks don’t have enough to look for, now this. If the guy hadn’t changed while in flight he probabbly would never have been discovered. Makes you wonder if this guy was the first to try the new technique. Sure would be uncomfortable to wear on a long flight but I guess it would be worth the inconvenience if the person managed to leave and enter countries without being detected. About the time we think we’ve seen it all and….wrong ! Ha
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 9:05am@SNOWLEOPARD
Report Post »Once again homeland security and the TSA have proven to be less than worthless, even old dollars of the confederacy would probably be worth more.
This was Hong Kong to Canada. No TSA. At least not ours.
quickone
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 9:16amTBP, you got some of it right.
Report Post »Greyhound424
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 9:44amIt would not have been a “mispelling” if you are a chicken. :) My chickens bawk all the time! :) Have a great day!
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 9:57amHong Kong Airport security chief apologizes for the security breach saying, ” Sorry, these white people all look the same to me.”
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 9:59amwhy wouldn’t he wait to change his apperance after he got off the flight???
Report Post »TheGoverness
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 10:03am@Greyhound424
Report Post »your chicken comment caught me so off guard! I literally LOLed, and now have to clean hot tea off of my desk! Thanks for the laugh! ;D