OTTAWA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Two prisoners escaped from a jail in Quebec by a helicopter on Sunday afternoon, according to local reports.
The prison break took place around 2:30 p.m. when a helicopter hovered over the jail and the escapees climbed on board with the help of a rope ladder.
The police have surrounded a wooded area near Entrelacs, where the two inmates, identified as Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau and Danny Provencal, were thought to be hiding.
Radio Canada reported that the police have found the helicopter and were interviewing the pilot who was taken to hospital for treatment of shock.
The jail, Saint-Jerome detention center, located some 60 kilometers northwest of Montreal, Canada's second largest city, experienced a minor riot by about a dozen prisoners a month ago.
In that incident, the police had been asked to secure the outside of the prison, which holds about 480 inmates.
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