Transported from Sardinia with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo, the little one was hospitalized at the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa
The mission of the Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force, which transported a four-day old baby in imminent danger of life in a thermal cradle, ended yesterday evening. The transport, which took place with the utmost urgency from the SS Annunziata Civil Hospital in Sassari, ended with the hospitalization of the very young patient at the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa.
The Falcon 50, one of the assets that the Air Force keeps in operational readiness every day, 24 hours a day, took off from Ciampino airport to board the thermal cradle containing the little patient in Alghero, together with a medical team who ensured their assistance during the flight.
After leaving the Sardinian airport, the plane then landed just before 21pm in Genoa where the baby was immediately transferred to the hospital.
The medical flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Sassari, from the Summit Situation Room of the Air Squad Command, the operations room of the Air Force which deals, among other things, with the coordination of this kind of activity in favor of of the civilian population throughout the national territory.
Through its Flight Departments, the Air Force provides vehicles and crews ready to take off at any time and able to operate in any weather condition to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of life but also of organs and medical teams for transplants. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out every year for this type of intervention by the aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa.