List of helicopter prison escapes (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of helicopter prison escapes" in English language version.

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amna.gr

"Helicopter pilot foils hijack attempt, part of an escape plan for convicted terrorist".

archive.org

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.

aviation24.be

"Armed men hijack helicopter in Antwerp, Belgium; pilot has to fly above Brussels prison". Aviation24. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"French inmate in second breakout". BBC News. 14 July 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
"Two flee Greek jail in helicopter". BBC News. June 4, 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2006.
"Dramatic prison escape in Puerto Rico". BBC News. December 31, 2002. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
"Helicopter escape from French prison". BBC News. March 24, 2001. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
"Helicopter escape from Brazil prison". BBC News. January 17, 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2002.
"Prison and mybreak sparks Belgium outcry". BBC News. 30 October 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
"Cult leader escapes jail in helicopter". BBC News. April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
"Escaped cult leader re-captured". BBC News. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

bbc.com

Redoine Faid: Paris helicopter prison break for gangster. BBC News. 1 July 2018.

bizhosting.com

melbournecrime.bizhosting.com

"David Peter McMillan". melbourne crime. 2007. Archived from the original on May 5, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

bop.gov

"Inmate Locator — Locate Federal inmates from 1982 to present". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

bradpittnow.com

"Spy Game — Brad Pitt as Tom Bishop". bradpittnow.com. 2009. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

brusselstimes.com

"Helicopter hijack: Arrested men planned to rescue murder suspect". brusselstimes. September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

cbc.ca

"Quebec manhunt on for fugitives who fled prison in helicopter". CBC News. Saint-Jérôme. March 17, 2013.
"Quebec police search for 3 inmates after helicopter jailbreak". CBC News. Quebec. June 7, 2014.

cnn.com

"Escapees in Canadian Helicopter Jailbreak Captured". CNN. 22 June 2014.

deredactie.be

"Moroccan police capture Ashraf Sekkaki". Flandersnews. August 9, 2009. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.

eltiempo.com

"La Quica: Un Hombre Clave Para Escobar". El Tiempo. 27 September 1991. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

esquire.com

Herbert, David Gauvey (2020-12-08). "The Ballad of Ron and Dorinda". Esquire. Retrieved 2021-07-10.

estadao.com.br

acervo.estadao.com.br

Entini, Carlos Eduardo (February 27, 2014). "Fuga de Escadinha causou surpresa pela audácia". O Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved 2016-06-06.

filmhobbit.com

Mickey Ellison (July 7, 2005). "xXx: State of the Union — DVD". Filmhobbit. Cinema Blend LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

france24.com

Idris Issa (April 27, 2009). "Cult leader escapes from French prison in helicopter". France 24. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

grreporter.info

"Alket Rizai arrested". GR Reporter. November 16, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

harboroughmail.co.uk

"Helicopter escape still remembered 19 years on". Johnston Press Digital Publishing. October 3, 2006. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

helico-fascination.com

Les évasions françaises en hélicoptère depuis la première en 1981; http://www.helico-fascination.com/flash/1109-les-evasions-francaises-en-helicoptere-depuis-la-premiere-en-1981.html

ilpost.it

"La storia dell'evasione in elicottero da Rebibbia". Il Post (in Italian). 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2020-01-31.

imdb.com

"Splinter Cell: Double Agent". IMDb. October 20, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2010.

independent.co.uk

Associated Press (28 May 2001). "Guards freed in prison hostage drama". The Independent. London. Retrieved May 4, 2009.^{[dead link‍]}

investigateur.info

"Les évadés de la prison de Luynes arrêtés dans la Drôme". investigateur.info. May 10, 2003. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2009.

itn.co.uk

"Audacious Belgian prison escape". ITN (Independent Television News Limited). April 16, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

iwcp.co.uk

"Prison break foiled by sharp officers". Iwcp. June 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010.

justia.com

cases.justia.com

"United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. — 943 F.2d 1543". United States courts of appeals. October 11, 1991. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

la-prensa.com.mx

[ https://www.la-prensa.com.mx/archivos-secretos/joel-david-kaplan-como-fue-la-fuga-en-helicoptero-de-una-carcel-mexicana-8667313.html Note in Mexican newspaper La Prensa (in Spanish) (Retrieved Monday, June 3, 2024.)]

latimes.com

"Pilot Forced to Land at S. Carolina Institution : Inmates Flee Prison Aboard Helicopter". Los Angeles Times. 20 December 1985. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
Associated Press (November 24, 1986). "Copter Hijacked, 2 Freed From Prison in Rome". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
Kennedy, J. Michael (July 12, 1988). "Two Inmates Recaptured After Chases in Air, on Ground : Three Escape New Mexico Prison in Helicopter". Times Staff Writer. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
"Helicopter Crash Foils Drug Smuggler's Prison Escape". Los Angeles Times. 1989-04-18.

levif.be

French - "Erik Ferdinand, l'évadé de Lantin, de retour en Belgique". Le Vif. September 22, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
French - "6 ans de prison pour s'être évadé de Lantin en hélicoptère". Le Vif. February 28, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

maggiemillar.net

"Prisoner: Cell Block H". maggiemillar.net. 2009. Archived from the original on September 2, 2002. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

mapinc.org

"Helicopter pilot dies in Dutch prison escape bid". Media Awareness Project. September 18, 1997. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

nbcnews.com

"Helicopter used in prison break. Pilot says two men hijacked craft at gunpoint". NBC News. April 15, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2009.

news.com.au

"John Killick walks free from prison in Queensland after more than 20 years in jail following helicopter jail break". news.com.au. January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
"Killer stages second helicopter prison break". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). July 15, 2007. Archived from the original on July 17, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
"Pedophile cult leader Juliano Verbard escapes from Reunion prison". The Sunday Times. April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.

news.google.com

AP (Jul 12, 1988). "3 Escapes caught after copter chase". Toledo Blade. pp. Cover and p.7. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
St. Joseph News-Press (December 21, 1978). "Plane Hijacked". St. Joseph News-Press. News-Press & Gazette Company. Front Page. Retrieved January 10, 2011.

nytimes.com

Clendinen, Dudley (December 23, 1985). "Suspects in Helicopter Jailbreak Are Caught at Georgia Rest Stop". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
"Around the nation; Woman Escapes Prison In a Hijacked Helicopter". New York Times. November 6, 1986. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
"Lovers Sentenced in Escape From Prison in a Helicopter". The New York Times. July 19, 1987. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
"Headliners; Back in the Arms of the Law". New York Times. November 23, 1986. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
Associated Press (August 19, 1989). "2 Women in a Helicopter Free 2 Convicts, but All Are Caught". New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
"Duo's Second Prison Escape Embarrasses Greek Officials". NYTimes. February 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

prisonbreakmanhunt.com

"Bang and Burn". prisonbreakmanhunt. November 19, 2007. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

republican-news.org

"Chopper escape from Mountjoy". Republican News. 2001. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

reuters.com

in.reuters.com

"Three escape Belgian prison in hijacked helicopter". Reuters. July 24, 2009. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

seattletimes.com

archive.seattletimes.com

Associated Press (December 30, 2002). "Helicopter swoops down to Puerto Rican prison, flies away with five escaping prisoners". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

smh.com.au

"Mastermind of helicopter jailbreak freed early". The Sydney Morning Herald. May 9, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
Agence France-Presse (October 31, 2007). "Escape artist nabbed after spectacular prison break". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 28, 2009. A notorious criminal, who escaped from a Belgian prison after a hijacked helicopter crash-landed inside the prison grounds, has been recaptured in The Hague after a hold-up.

state.fl.us

oppaga.state.fl.us

"Report No. 99-58 — Special Review Escape from Martin Treatment Center for Sexually Violent Predators" (PDF). Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. Retrieved May 18, 2009.

tcm.ie

archives.tcm.ie

Ellen Connolly (July 21, 2001). "Lucy in the sky with convict lands seven years in jail". Irish Examiner. Retrieved May 14, 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

telegraph.co.uk

Richard Holt and Matthew Moore (November 2, 2007). "Belgian Ronnie Biggs' captured robbing shop". London: Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
Parfitt, Tom (March 22, 2012). "Murderer escapes from prison by helicopter". The Daily Telegraph. London.

time.com

"Whirlaway". TIME. August 30, 1971. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
Rothman, Lily (8 June 2015). "The Strange Case of the Non-Criminal Jail Break". Time. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
Andrew Goldstein (June 11, 2000). "The Boy Who Loved Me". TIME. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved May 18, 2009.

content.time.com

"The Helicopter Caper". TIME. June 9, 1986. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

timesonline.co.uk

Campbell, Matthew (December 11, 2005). "French jailbirds stage yet another helicopter escape". London: Times Online. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2005.

upi.com

"Five inmates escape on helicopter runners". UPI. United Press International Archive. 24 December 1988. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

usatoday.com

"Hijacked helicopter reportedly used in Belgian jail break". USA Today. 2007-04-15. Retrieved July 24, 2009.

vrt.be

"Arrests after helicopter jail-break attempt". vrtNWS. September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

web.archive.org

"Whirlaway". TIME. August 30, 1971. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
Campbell, Matthew (December 11, 2005). "French jailbirds stage yet another helicopter escape". London: Times Online. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2005.
"David Peter McMillan". melbourne crime. 2007. Archived from the original on May 5, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
Andrew Goldstein (June 11, 2000). "The Boy Who Loved Me". TIME. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
"Les évadés de la prison de Luynes arrêtés dans la Drôme". investigateur.info. May 10, 2003. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
"Killer stages second helicopter prison break". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). July 15, 2007. Archived from the original on July 17, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
Idris Issa (April 27, 2009). "Cult leader escapes from French prison in helicopter". France 24. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
"Three escape Belgian prison in hijacked helicopter". Reuters. July 24, 2009. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
"Moroccan police capture Ashraf Sekkaki". Flandersnews. August 9, 2009. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
"Prison break foiled by sharp officers". Iwcp. June 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010.
"Prisoner: Cell Block H". maggiemillar.net. 2009. Archived from the original on September 2, 2002. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
"Spy Game — Brad Pitt as Tom Bishop". bradpittnow.com. 2009. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
"Bang and Burn". prisonbreakmanhunt. November 19, 2007. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

yahoo.com

movies.yahoo.com

"Breakout". Yahoo.com. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2009.