Rédoine Faïd. The rotorcraft, which had been hijacked by gang members who held the pilot hostage at gunpoint, flew into the courtyard of Réau prison, before flying to Roissy in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris; the event allegedly occurred in under ten minutes from take-off to escape. Variants SE 3130 Alouette II – Initial version powered by Turbomeca Artouste II series engine rated at for takeoff, with maximum weight of . SE 313B Alouette II – Version of SE 3130 powered by Turbomeca Artouste IIC5 or IIC6 engine rated at for takeoff, with maximum weight raised to . SE 3131 Gouverneur – Refined executive version with enclosed tailboom, which was abandoned in favour of the Alouette III. SE 3140 Alouette II – Proposed version, it was going to be powered by a 298 kW (400 hp) Turbomeca Turmo II engine. None were built. HKP 2 Alouette II – Swedish licence version of the SE 3130 SA 3180 Alouette II Astazou – Version powered by Turbomeca Astazou IIA or IIA2 engine rated at for takeoff and continuous, but restricted to by rotor transmission limitations, with maximum weight of . SA 318B Alouette II Astazou – Version of SA 3180 with maximum weight raised to . SA 318C Alouette II Astazou – Version of SA 3180 with maximum weight raised to SA 315B Lama – designed to meet an Indian armed forces requirement for operation in "hot and high" conditions; it combined the Artouste powerplant and rotor system of the Alouette III with a reinforced Alouette II airframe. Republic Lark: Proposed production in the United States by Republic Aircraft, powered by a AiResearch TSE-331-7 turboshaft. Operators Tunisian Air Force General Directorate of Security Former operators Austrian Air Force Belgian Army Gendarmerie Military of Benin Brazilian Air Force Biafran armed forces Royal Cambodian Air Force Cameroon Air Force Central African Republic Air Force Congolese Air Force Djibouti Air Force Dominican Air Force French Air Force French Army French Navy Gendarmerie Nationale Securite Civile German Army German Federal Police German Air Force Guinea-Bissau Air Force Indonesian Army Indonesian Navy Israeli Air Force Ivory Coast Air Force Katangese Air Force Khmer Air Force Royal Lao Air Force Lebanese Air Force Malagasy Air Force Mexican Navy Netherlands Air Force Peruvian Army Portuguese Air Force National Republican Guard Rhodesian Air Force Romanian Air Force Senegalese Air Force South African Air Force Swedish Air Force Swedish Army Swiss