Reuters – Cows graze in a field next to a Zeppelin airship parked outside the Swiss village of Lindau, near Zurich, …
Posted on 07/03/2009 5:49:57 PM PDT by JoeProBono
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-meter-long zeppelin. "The plan consisted of using a remotely controlled zeppelin to bring him night-vision goggles and climbing equipment with which to escape," a National Police statement said.
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Reuters – Cows graze in a field next to a Zeppelin airship parked outside the Swiss village of Lindau, near Zurich, …
Occam’s Razor. It would have been easier to bribe a guard.
parsy, who has a strange affinity for stories with a lot of hot air
I am sorry, but I love this story. The robot zeppelin delivering escape tools to a mafia prisoner is way cool.
Well, except for the little part where it did not work.....
That’s DIRIGIBLE to you. Or probably, “blimp”.
Using “Zeppelin” for any dirigible is like using “Coke” for any old soft drink (I know, I know, everybody does it).
The guy certainly deserves style points.
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