Today in "things you would never believe in a story"

[theweaselking]

Two men posing as tourists reportedly commandeered a helicopter from a Canadian tour company, ordered the pilot to fly over a detention center near Montreal, hoisted two inmates using cables or ropes into the hovering aircraft -- and zipped away.

All in broad daylight. All in full view of incredulous witnesses.

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[pappy-legba.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes)

More common than you'd think. Pascal Payet did two THREE. (But was recaptured each time.)

The wiki in particular is notable for the jaunty icons in the "Success" column of the helicopter escape table. I love wikipedia.