Police in Canada have re-captured one of two prisoners who escaped from jail in a helicopter.

Staff at the Saint-Jerome jail in Quebec raised the alarm as two male inmates made their getaway.

They climbed into the helicopter via a rope ladder.

The aircraft was found 53 miles away and the pilot taken to hospital.

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