Greek police officers are stunned after a helicopter landed in the high security prison and picked up a couple of inmates, before flying away.

A police official said, "the guards thought it was a surprise inspection by ministry officials and did nothing."

Two prisoners make a daring escape from an Athens jail using a helicopter.

According to the BBC, a Greek and an Albanian national escaped in the copter that landed on the roof of the Korydallos prison.

Jacob Cherian - All Headline News Contributor

Ahmedbad, India (AHN)-- A vegetable seller in the state of Uttar Pradesh village has developed a two-seater "homemade helicopter."

Mustkeem, a resident of Bhagwat district of Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has constructed a two-seated helicopter from two scooter engines.

According to a local daily paper the helicopter may be the smallest helicopter ever at a measurement of 15x7 and weighing 250kg.

He surely didn't need David Beckham's BMW or James Bond's latest wheels to make a getaway on this one. A man on a horse and cart made an amazing escape by out-doing four cops motorbikes, a patrol car, a video van, two cycling constables and a helicopter in a slow-motion chase through east Leeds, England.

The 34-year-old man, who has been kept unidentified, is wanted in connection with a serious assault and was spotted by an officer on a bicycle on a side road. The man jumped on to a horse and cart and galloped away.