Yea, lets don't pat down the old folks

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326885/Man-boards-plane-disguised-old-man-arrested-arrival-Canada.html

Police arrest passenger who boarded plane in Hong Kong as an old man in flat cap and arrived in Canada a young Asian refugee

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 6:47 PM on 6th November 2010

It reads like a plotline from the hi-tech Mission: Impossible spy films.

Elderly white man in flat cap, brown cardigan and thin-rimmed specs boards plane in Hong Kong and alights in Canada as a young Asian man.





'Unbelievable concealment': The plane passenger boarded with a silicone face and neck mask that gave him the appearance of an old man. He agreed to put the disguise on to be photographed after being picked up on arrival in Canada

[treestar]

1. Weird. So they did not ask for ID or passport?

Or did he have a fake or stolen one?

[NNN0LHI]

3. Last I heard they were doing an investigation

Never seen any results of any investigation.

Don

[treestar]

7. I also wonder that the disguise did not become apparent

It must contain no metal of course, but it's just odd that it would not have seemed suspicious to security. Sounds like it was the plane's staff who noticed.

Interesting point, but flight attendants would be good people to train on the subject. They're going to have day to day experience with weird passengers.

[sufrommich]

2. You would think the person sitting next to him on the plane

would notice he got up to use the bathroom as an old white guy and came back as a young asian guy!

[HipChick]

4. People change seats next to me all the time

I would have not noticed

[CreekDog]

5. why would he get patted down in the first place?

that would probably only happen for sure if he had an artificial hip.

[Fleshdancer]

6. Explain to me how the new pat down would have caught this?

He was flying out of Hong Kong and managed to get through numerous security checks. Do you really think cupping his testicles would magically out him as a young Asian man?

[outerSanctum]

8. I would think that had someone talked to the guy

they would have figured it out fairly quickly.