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Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape

Three Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland, aboard a hijacked Alouette II helicopter, which briefly landed in the prison's exercise yard
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Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape

Summary

Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape is an aircraft hijacking[1]. It draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_hijacking category, ranking #32 of 68).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape's instance of is recorded as aircraft hijacking[3].
  • Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape's point in time is recorded as +1973-10-31T00:00:00Z[4].
  • Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.361666666666665, 'lon': -6.2675}[5].
  • Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0657[6].

Why It Matters

Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_hijacking category, ranking #32 of 68).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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