Protected by the thermal cradle, it was transferred with an Air Force Falcon 50 that took off from the 31st Wing of Ciampino
The life-saving flight with a 13-day-old baby on board who, in imminent danger of life, was urgently transported from Cagliari to Ciampino (RM) with an Air Force Falcon 50 aircraft.
The little patient was embarked inside a thermal cradle on the military aircraft belonging to the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force, accompanied by both parents and specialized medical personnel.
The transport request from the Cagliari University Hospital to the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome, as required by the emergency procedures, was received from the Cagliari Prefecture at the Top Situation Room of the Air Force Command, the operations room of the Air Force which has among its functions also that of arranging and managing this type of mission in favor of citizens.
The Falcon 50, which took off from Cagliari airport, landed at Ciampino military airport around 13.30 pm. The little patient was immediately transferred by ambulance to the "Bambino Gesù" Pediatric Hospital in the capital.
Crews and transport aircraft of the Air Force are ready day and night, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day to ensure, where requested and deemed necessary for reasons of urgency, the medical transport of people in imminent danger of life, transport medical bodies or teams. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out every year for this kind of intervention by the aircraft of the 24st Wing of Ciampino, the 31th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 14th Air Brigade of Pisa and the helicopters of the 46th Wing of Cervia.