Aeronautica Militare: urgent sanitary flight from Alghero to Genoa for 2 years of life in danger of life

The small patient was transported on board a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo of Ciampino

A two-year-old in imminent danger of life was rushed to Rome last night from Alghero to Genoa on board a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare to be admitted to the Istituto Giannina Gaslini. Ligurian city.

The urgent transport request, as always happens in these cases, was received by the Prefecture of Sassari at the Top Situation Room of the Air Squad Command, the operations room of the Air Force which has among its duties to organize and manage this kind. of transport throughout the national territory in coordination with the Prefectures.

The Situation Room of Vertice has therefore activated a Falcon 50, one of the assets that the Armed Forces hold 24 hours on 24 for this kind of need. Towards the 19: 50 the aircraft took off from the airport of Ciampino, home of the 31 ° Stormo, in the direction of the airport of Alghero, where the little patient was boarded with his parents and a medical team for assistance during the flight.

Departing from the Sardinian town, around the 20: 20 the plane landed in the airport of Genoa, from where the child was transferred by ambulance to the Gaslini hospital.

Missions of this type need maximum timeliness. Through its Flight Departments, the Air Force provides vehicles and crews ready to take off at any time and able to operate in any meteorological condition to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of life, as happened today , but also of organs and medical teams for transplants. Every year thousands of flight times are carried out by the 31 ° Stormo of Ciampino, the 14 ° Stormo di Pratica di Mare and the 46a Air Brigade of Pisa, always on the front lines in case of emergency.

 

Aeronautica Militare: urgent sanitary flight from Alghero to Genoa for 2 years of life in danger of life