The passenger made a crucial mistake onboard the aircraft that gave himself away.
An Indonesian man almost got away with disguising himself as his wife in order to evade Covid restrictions on a flight.t worked for Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie,” and it helped Bugs Bunny outsmart Elmer Fudd on numerous occasions.
Perhaps the most remarkable part of the caper is that the man almost got away with it. After fooling airport and airline authorities at Jakarta’s Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, the man made a crucial error mid-flight, when he entered the aircraft lavatory in women’s clothing and exited in men’s attire. An observant flight attendant noticed the unusual transformation and notified authorities on the ground, who were waiting in Ternate to apprehend the passenger when he got off the plane.
Like many places around the world, Indonesia is seeing an uptick in Covid-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently has Indonesia under aAttempts to deceive airline authorities with disguises are rare but not unheard of. Last month, a shows how a woman successfully got around an extra carry-on baggage fee by pretending to be pregnant.was caught on a flight from Hong Kong to Canada after emerging from the plane’s lavatory mid-flight without his silicone mask, according to reports.
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