These Inmates Escaping Jail Is Like Something Out Of A Movie
#1 It’s like something straight out of Mission Impossible.
dramatic video of two Canadian inmates escaping from prison by helicopter.
#2 This clip shows the moment a group of Canadian gangsters perform a daring prison break using a helicopter that landed in the jail yard.
The footage was filmed by guards at St-Jérôme Prison in Quebec, Canada in 2013, and the video has just come to light during an unrelated trial of one of the escapees, Bejamin Hudon-Barbeau, Sky News reports.
#3 The surveillance clip was released by a Quebec Superior Court after it was shown in court this week.
It shows two of the inmates in the yard of the Orsainville Detention Centre before a helicopter is seen landing.
A few seconds later, the green helicopter is partly visible as it takes off.
The brazen but well-planned escape, happened at 7.45pm on June 7 and led to an international manhunt.
#4 The armed accomplices who helped them apparently posed as tourists
... in order to hijack the helicopter and forced the pilot to land on the prison's roof.
#5 Quebec's Public Security Ministry announced no-fly zones over three detention facilities in the province as an increased security measure.
Four days later, there were no signs of the fugitives, leading to Interpol issuing an Orange Notice, or an international alert, to all of its 190 member countries to help track down the men.
And after more than two weeks on the run, a heavily-armed SWAT team raided an upscale condominium and captured the men on June 22.
#6 From left, Yves Denis, 35, Serge Pomerleau, 49, and Denis Lefebvre, 53, escaped a Quebec prison in June
#7 The clip begins with two of the inmates visible inside the yard of the Orsainville Detention Centre in Quebec
#8 The bold escape occurred at 7.45pm on June 7 this year and led to an international manhunt
#9 Despite their massive effort to escape, the pair were caught just a couple of hours later
#10 They were charged for hijacking a helicopter and escaping prison.
