Just Like In The Movies...

[Lord Jim]

3 men escape from Canadian jail using helicopter

(CNN) -- In a daring operation worthy of a movie, three men escaped from a Canadian jail by helicopter, prompting a massive manhunt, authorities said.

The men escaped from a detention center Saturday night in Quebec City.

"A helicopter touched down briefly in the courtyard before taking off with the three prisoners," Ann Mathieu, a spokeswoman for Quebec Provincial Police, told CNN.

"We are talking closely with the detention center to figure out exactly how the escape transpired," Mathieu told CNN partner CBC. "The priority ... is to find the helicopter."

A manhunt is under way for Yves Denis Yvon Lamontagne, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Serge Pomerleau, 49.

The first two men were arrested in a drug bust in 2010 and were awaiting trial. Police found weapons, dozens of cars and a plane during the bust, it said. There was no information provided on the third suspect.

It marks the second brazen jail escape in Canada in a little more than a year.

In March 2013, two men posing as tourists commandeered a helicopter from a Canadian tour company, ordered the pilot to fly over a detention center near Montreal, hoisted two inmates into the hovering aircraft using cables -- and zipped away.

It was a real "James Bond moment," witness Francis Emond said about last year's escape from the facility in Saint-Jerome, northwest of Montreal.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/08/world ... jailbreak/

[Big RR]

Strange, unless it was armored, I would think a few guards with rifles should have been able to disable the helicopter quickly. As I recall from the army, helicopters are pretty vulnerable to even small arms fire.

[TPFKA@W]

Hopefully whatever passes as FBI in Canada is looking into the bank accounts of the correctional officers on duty that night. Just like in the movies this would take some inside cooperation.

[Guinevere]

Hopefully whatever passes as FBI in Canada ......

[Sue U]

Hopefully whatever passes as FBI in Canada ......

Now you've done it; both of you can expect a firm (but polite) response from Scooter and/or Beer Sponge.

[Joe Guy]

What's wrong with that picture?

It's a brilliant example of Canadian know how. Horses don't have rear view mirrors...

[Scooter]

Oh please, you're expecting me to defend the RCMP? Dudley Do-Right would pass as a freaking Sherlock Holmes - Hercule Poirot - Sam Spade combined by comparison with the real thing.