Helicopter used to pluck inmate from Greek maximum security prison

One of Greece's most infamous
criminals managed to pull off a daring jail break, landing a helicopter
in a prison yard and fleeing with another inmate, DPA cited local
media reports as saying.
Reports said a helicopter had taken off from Athens' International
Airport and flew to Athens' maximum security Korydallos prison, where
it picked up prisoner Vassilis Palaiokostas and another inmate and
flew away.
The helicopter's flight plan was to land in the central town of
Itea but the pilot changed course and flew to the prison instead. He
it was reported to have landed a just north of Athens.
Palaiokostas, 43, was serving a 25-year sentence for the
kidnapping of a Greek businessman. The other escaped prisoner,
Albanian Alket Rizai, 35, was serving a life sentence for
manslaughter.