# helicopter escape...

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**Created:** [July 24, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-escape/71029 "2009-07-24T13:17:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-escape/71029/1 "2009-07-24T13:17:13Z")

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> **[Trio break out of Belgium prison in helicopter - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/24/belgium.helicopter.prison.escape/index.html)**
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> Three prisoners -- including one considered to be among Belgium's most dangerous criminals -- have broken out of a prison near Bruges in a daring helicopter escape.

> **(CNN)** – Three prisoners – including one considered to be among Belgium’s most dangerous criminals – have broken out of a prison near Bruges in a daring helicopter escape.  
> ![http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/WORLD/europe/07/24/belgium.helicopter.prison.escape/art.jailbreak.interpol.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/0/20c28eb4bbb753cf818416bfaecbfde0af7957e4.jpeg)Mohammed Johry, Abdel Had Kahjary Mulloul and Ashraf Sekkaki escaped a Belgium prison.
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> Thursday's jailbreak prompted Interpol to issue an international alert to police around the world to be on the lookout for the men.
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> Accomplices of the three inmates hijacked a helicopter and forced the pilot to land in the prison courtyard, Interpol said.  
> The fugitives are Mohammed Johry, Abdel Had Kahjary Mulloul and Ashraf Sekkaki. Sekkaki is considered one of [Belgium’s](http://topics.cnn.com/topics/belgium) most dangerous criminals, Interpol said, with more than 16 convictions for violence, including bank robbery and kidnapping.  
> A 22-year-old man of Moroccan origin was an accomplice to the group but had to stay behind because the helicopter couldn’t carry everyone, the Belga news agency reported.  
> **Jailbreaks by helicopter are becoming “far too common”** worldwide, [Interpol](http://topics.cnn.com/topics/interpol) Secretary-General Ronald Noble said. That highlights the need for countries to report the identity of escapees as quickly as possible, he said.  
> “It is vital that police have the information they need to locate, identify and arrest these fugitives,” he said.  
> Belga identified the helicopter pilot as Ludwig Louwagie and said he was unhurt.  
> “It was just like in a film,” Louwagie told the news agency.  
> He said a couple had booked a sightseeing tour of the Bruges region Thursday afternoon. While in flight, the man suddenly pressed a weapon against his temple, Louwagie told Belga.  
> The man took away his headset so the pilot couldn’t talk to ground control and forced Louwagie to land in the prison courtyard, he said.  
> “I tried to land next to the prison, but the weapon was still pressed hard against my temple,” he said. "I had no choice.

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**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-escape/71029/2 "2009-07-24T13:27:40Z")

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