Air Canada probing why masked man was let on plane

[marmar]

By: ctvbc.ca
Date: Saturday Nov. 6, 2010 1:37 PM PT


Air Canada says speculation that a masked man was able to board a Vancouver-bound flight with only an Aeroplan card for identification is "totally unfounded."

According to an internal alert from the Canada Border Services Agency, border officials believe the disguised Chinese asylum-seeker swapped boarding passes with a U.S. citizen and then showed an Aeroplan card at the gate in order to board a flight to Canada.

But the airline said Saturday that there is no evidence of that.

"The rumour that Air Canada staff at the boarding gate accepted an Aeroplan card as proof of identification in lieu of passport at the gate is totally unfounded. The facts relating to this passenger's acceptance on board the aircraft are still being investigated," Air Canada said in a statement.

The airline says that it is conducting an internal investigation with its staff in Hong Kong and a contractor that verifies passports at Air Canada gates in the city's airport. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101106/bc_air_canada_response_101106/20101106?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. Asian airport security...

Their looking for drugs and practically nothing else,