Aeronautica Militare: a life-threatening woman transported by helicopter from Ponza to Latina

An 89-year-old woman in danger of life was transported this afternoon with an HH139 helicopter of the 15 ° Stormo CSAR of the Italian Air Force from Ponza to Latina, where she was transferred to the hospital for specialist care. The patient was accompanied and followed throughout the journey by a medical team. The mission was particularly delicate due to the adverse weather situation, resulting in limited visibility, conditions in which the Air Force crews are constantly training to operate.

The aircraft used, one of the assets that Aeronautica Militare makes available, in operational readiness, for emergency medical transport and search and rescue missions, has taken off from the Pratica di Mare airport, home of the 15 ° Stormo.

The take-off order was given by the Top Situation Room of the Air Squad Command, the Air Force Operations Room that deals - among others - with the coordination and management of this kind of missions in favor of the community upon request. of hospitals and prefectures throughout the national territory. The mission was then planned and managed by the Air Operations Command of Poggio Renatico (FE).

There are hundreds, every year, the hours of flight carried out by Air Force aircraft for emergency medical transport, both of life-threatening people and of teams and / or organs, for humanitarian flights, or for search and rescue missions. Crews of the 31 ° Stormo of Ciampino, of the 15 ° Stormo of Cervia and of the SAR (Search and Rescue) employees, of the 46 ^ Air Brigade of Pisa and of the 14 ° Stormo of Pratica di Mare are ready 365 days a year, 24 hours on 24, to take off in a very short time for any destination in Italy and abroad at the request of Hospitals, Prefectures precisely, and in the case of missions abroad of diplomatic representations. Only in the 2017 have 450 been flying hours carried out to provide assistance to more than 200 people in difficulty or in imminent danger of life.

Aeronautica Militare: a life-threatening woman transported by helicopter from Ponza to Latina