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Helicopter Prison Escape

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Weeezy
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Two Quebec guys took a helicopter tour, held the operator at gunpoint and ordered he pick some guys out of prison, seems like James Bond or something.


http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/helicopter-pilot-flew-quebec-prison-escapees-with-gun-at-his-head/article9875234/?service=mobile
Mar 18 2013 7:39PM
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1337
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EPIC
Mar 18 2013 7:40PM
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stickski
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thats so sick!
Mar 18 2013 7:41PM
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CluckaChuck
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thats so unreal
Mar 18 2013 7:41PM
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Laurent.
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A new one for the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes

I sort of always like these helicopter escapes, they are so bloody audacious, almost like it's a movie with Robert De Niro or James Bond.
Mar 18 2013 7:42PM
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Wallisch_pl
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especially for that helicopter driver!
Mar 18 2013 7:42PM
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Olimar
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This plus the diamond heist in the span of like two months is awesome. Is this real life?
Mar 18 2013 7:44PM
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Mag
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Hahaha I love how they listed one of the crimes as "pointing a firearm"
Mar 18 2013 7:45PM
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Bozite
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Same thing happend in Greece except the guys had an attack heli
Mar 18 2013 7:49PM
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Jeebus.
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That's probably the coolest thing canadians have ever done! My respect has gone up.
Mar 18 2013 7:50PM
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Mag
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Nadine Vaujour was so determined to get her husband out of prison she took helicopter flight lessons just for the escape.Her husband, Michel Vaujour, was serving a lengthy sentence for attempted murder and armed robbery.
In May 1986, he forced his way to the roof of a Parisian prison by wielding nectarines painted as grenades.His wife then picked him up in the helicopter and fled to a football field, where they drove away.
But their luck soon ran out.Nadine Vaujour was discovered and arrested in southwestern France, and Michel was shot in the head during a failed bank robbery.

Nectarines haha!
Mar 18 2013 7:53PM
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fujarome
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and he got recaptured



...then escaped via helicopter. A second time.


Reading that wikipedia, apparently the French are pretty good at helicopter prison escape
Mar 18 2013 7:54PM
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Mag
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and getting recaptured, joel kaplan seems to be the only mystery?
Mar 18 2013 7:55PM
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alex=
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Badass
Mar 18 2013 7:59PM
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Laurent.
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When the NS diamond heist fails and I end up in prison I will make my escape with a Harrier Jump Jet.

Just think of the news headlines and videos. The logistics of acquiring one of the rare two seater harriers will be enormous but it would be so worth it.

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Mar 18 2013 8:04PM
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Tinga
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"The two prisoners then boarded the helicopter, which flew 30 kilometres to a hotel parking lot in Estérel, where they fled in a Cadillac Escalade."

of course it was an Escalade.
Mar 18 2013 8:13PM
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.frenchy
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Good old Quebec.
Mar 18 2013 8:15PM
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ForeverYung
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ballin fucking hard
Mar 18 2013 8:24PM
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chicken
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THAT'S SO WEIRD.

I was literally thinking about this yesterday. I was watching this video about history of prisons and how they have all these crazy walls and I seriously thought "why don't they call for a helicopter"?

Seriously freaking me out a bit haha.
Mar 18 2013 8:27PM
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ryano
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heard about this on the radio, thats seriously one of the best prison break attempts ever. definitely bad ass and movie material for the future. haha
Mar 18 2013 8:31PM
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Laurent.
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You lot have the easy job, I was the diversion driver remember?

Cops follow me, whilst you sneak away in the back.
Mar 18 2013 8:40PM
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Cotter
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#Canada, we do some crazy shit.
Mar 18 2013 8:47PM
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FERG0
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Yeah seriously they should make a movie out of the diamond heist
Mar 18 2013 8:51PM
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Laurent.
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Yeah, well I'm worried about the ground clearance of my getaway car at the railroad crossing.

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It also doesn't seem wise to discuss this out in the open, meet you at our secret preparation bunker, just off the A281 between Bramley and Bucks Green near the mini-roundabout in six.
Mar 18 2013 9:00PM
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k-rob
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i heard that on the radio this morning and i thought "well that's the way to do it, eh?"
Mar 18 2013 9:02PM
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1337
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you picked a good job being the diversion driver, it'd fucking suck to be in the jet wash of a fucking harrier hovering low enough to pick someone up
Mar 19 2013 1:25AM
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RimJobber
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Whoa, when the fuck did I miss the plan for a diamond heist?
I would totally be down for that. I have access to high-intensity explosives used in mines
Mar 19 2013 1:30AM
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RimJobber
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:( I just wanted a part...
Mar 19 2013 1:50AM
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Laurent.
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You failed, it was code language, the only appropriate response would have been:


I NEVER NARC'D ON NOBODY!

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Mar 19 2013 3:13AM
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