List of helicopter prison escapes

Columns: Date | Prison name | Country | Succeeded | Escapee ( s ) | Details
August 19 , 1989 | Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility | United States | Yes | Ralph Brown Freddie Gonzales | Colorado prison inmates Ralph Brown and Freddie Gonzales were able to escape via helicopter . Two women , Rebecca Brown and Patricia Gonzales chartered a helicopter out of Denver Colorado . Once airborne the women held semi-automatic pistols to pilot Tim Graves head and ordered him to land in the prison yard to pick up the two men . They were recaptured in Holdrege , Nebraska that night after firing shots at law enforcement officers | June 19 , 1990 | Kent Penitentiary , British Columbia | Canada | Yes | Robert Ford David Thomas | Two prisoners , Robert Ford and David Thomas , escaped when a hijacked helicopter landed in the courtyard . They were captured by the RCMP at Harrison Lake two days later . Correctional Officer R. KIRBY was shot during the incident and survived . The pilot , Fred Fandrich of Valley Helicopters , was not injured . The Bell 206 helicopter was damaged by gunfire from prison guards | 1991 | Rio Piedras State Penitentiary , Puerto Rico | United States | Yes | William Lane | Inmates were able to escape when a helicopter plucked them from the prison . The escape prompted the Puerto Rico House Government Committee to pass a regulation that allowed penal officials to fire on any helicopter aiding an escape attempt | 1992 | Lyon Prison | France | Yes | - | After a successful helicopter escape from this prison , cables were strung across the central yard at five-metre intervals | December 1992 | Touraine Central Prison , Tours | France | No | - | The would-be escapee was shot dead by prison guards ; three others were wounded | June 17 , 1993 | Touraine Central Prison , Tours | France | No | Michel Vaujour | Vaujour and his wife were imprisoned in 1991 . A man and woman hijacked a helicopter and held the pilot 's family hostage . The wife alerted police and the prison was locked down before the helicopter arrived . It returned to its base , from where the hijackers escaped in a car

Example questions:
Which prisoner attempted to escape from the Federal Holding Facility in Miami in a helicopter ? | What was the name of the prisoner who escaped from Rio Piedras State Penitentiary in Puerto Rico in a helicopter ? | Which prison did Seamus Twomey escape from in a helicopter ? | What was the name of the prisoner who escaped from prison in a helicopter on June 17 , 1993 ?

Answers:
Ben Kramer | William Lane | Mountjoy Jail | Michel Vaujour