Youth boards plane disguised as old man, claims refugee status after landing in Vancouver

By DOUG AUER

Last Updated: 10:31 AM, November 5, 2010

This flight took years off his life.

An elderly white man boarded a plane in Hong Kong - and turned into an Asian youth somewhere over the Pacific.

In an incredible breach of security, the passenger, wearing a mask that made him look decades older, dottered past security guards whose heads apparently were in the clouds and onto an Air Canada flight Oct. 29, according to a Canadian alert.

Then he walked into the plane's lavatory, where he took off the mask and calmly returned to his seat.

Upon landing in Vancouver, the quick-change artist was escorted off the plane and immediately claimed refugee status. The reason he pulled the bizarre stunt remains a mystery.
The 'elderly white man.'

Red-faced security agents removed three pieces of luggage containing the man's clothing, a pair of gloves and his disguise kit, including a silicone head-and-neck covering, a leather cap, rectangular glasses and brown cardigan.

The man was apparently able to slip past several guards and get on the plane after swapping boarding passes with a 55-year-old US citizen.


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