Mountjoy Prison where on October 31, 1973, three IRA members escaped in a hijacked helicopter[1]Prison de la Santé where on May 26, 1986, Michel Vaujour was flown out of the prison by his wife[2]
There have been multiple prison escapes where an inmate escapes by means of a helicopter. One of the earliest instances was the escape of Joel David Kaplan, nicknamed "Man Fan", on August 19, 1971, from the Santa Martha Acatitla in Mexico.[3] Kaplan was a New York businessman who not only escaped the prison but eventually got out of Mexico and went on to write a book about his experience, The 10-Second Jailbreak.[4]
France has had more recorded helicopter prison escape attempts than any other country, with at least 11.[5] One of the most notable French jail breaks occurred in 1986, when the wife of bank robber Michel Vaujour studied for months to learn how to fly a helicopter. Using her newly acquired skills, she rented a white helicopter and flew low over Paris to pluck her husband off the roof of his fortress prison. Vaujour was later seriously wounded in a shootout with police, and his pilot wife was arrested.[2]
The record for most helicopter escapes goes to convicted murderer Pascal Payet, who has used helicopters to escape from prisons in 2001, 2003, and most recently 2007.[6]
Another multiple helicopter escapee is Vassilis Palaiokostas, who on February 22, 2009, escaped for the second time from the same prison.[7]
To thwart attempts of this nature, many prisons have taken precautions such as nets or cables strung over open prison courtyards.[8]
This list includes prisoner escapes where a helicopter was used in an attempt to free prisoners from a place of internment, a prison or correctional facility.
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^"Whirlaway". TIME. August 30, 1971. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
^Eliot Asinof (1973). The 10-Second Jailbreak: The helicopter escape of Joel David Kaplan (1973 ed.). Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 1st edition. p. 268. ISBN 0-03-001011-X.
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^"French inmate in second breakout". BBC News. 14 July 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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^AP (Jul 12, 1988). "3 Escapes caught after copter chase". Toledo Blade. pp. Cover and p.7. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
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