核心提示：一名20出头的中国香港小伙子，戴上一个连脖子的硅胶头套、一顶咖啡色皮帽、一付眼镜、一件咖啡色羊毛衫，假扮成“白人老头”登机前往加拿大。加航安全人员发现他尽管老态龙钟、一脸皱纹，可是双手的皮肤却“光滑细嫩”，由此暗中生疑，并通报当局。

重庆晚报11月7日报道  日前，一名20出头的中国香港小伙子，借助犹如好莱坞大片《碟中碟》中一般的高超易容术，变身一位满脸皱纹的白人老头，通过海关并登上一趟由香港飞往温哥华的航班。这名偷渡小伙已被加拿大海关边境署扣留，目前正接受审查。

老头闪人回来变小伙

10月29日下午6时左右，加拿大航空公司AC018号班机由中国香港出发，飞往加拿大温哥华。一名满脸皱纹、身躯佝偻的“白人老头”提着行李登上飞机。不少乘客见状上前帮他搬行李，都遭拒绝。他随后拿着行李直入厕所，逗留一段时间后，如常返回座位享用飞机餐。有附近乘客看到“老头”餐后离去，久久不回来，以为发生意外，于是通知机组人员。

正在机组人员寻人之际，有乘客发现一名20岁出头的男子前后走了几转后，在一个无人座位坐下后呼呼大睡。直至飞机着陆，“老头”再也没有出现。

老态龙钟被嫩手“出卖”

客机在温哥华机场降落后，数名加拿大海关边境署官员登上飞机，找到那名举止怪异的青年男子，并将他“护送”下机。原来，他正是那名神秘失踪的“老头”。早在“老头”在香港登机时，加航安全人员便发现他尽管老态龙钟、一脸皱纹，可是双手的皮肤却“光滑细嫩”，由此暗中生疑，并通报当局。

警方在该男子的行李中发现了一整套用于易容的装备：一个连脖子的硅胶头套、一顶咖啡色皮帽、一付眼镜、一件咖啡色羊毛衫。原来飞机起飞数小时后，他便走入洗手间脱下硅胶人皮面具大变身。

与人互换登机证

加拿大海关边境署相信，该男子与另一名出生于1955年的美国公民互换了登机证，然后手持一张飞行哩数卡及登机证上了飞机。由于飞行哩数卡及登机证都没有显示乘客的出生年月日和相片，所以他没花太多功夫便瞒天过海登机。

该青年目前仍被羁留，由于提出了“难民申请”，他即将出席移民及难民局的难民听证会。

(本文来源：重庆晚报 作者：朗天) 

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Young asylum-seeker was disguised as old man

(Reuters) - Canadian authorities were trying to determine on Friday how a man believed to be in his 20s was able to board a flight in Hong Kong to Vancouver having disguised himself as an elderly passenger.

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.

(Reporting Allan Dowd; editing by Rob Wilson)(Reuters) - Canadian authorities were trying to determine on Friday how a man believed to be in his 20s was able to board a flight in Hong Kong to Vancouver having disguised himself as an elderly passenger.