The woman, in very serious condition, was transported with the Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino
The emergency flight of a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino (RM), which carried a woman in very serious conditions during the night, ended in the early hours of the morning.
The 28-year-old patient, admitted to the United Hospitals of Reggio Calabria, needed to be transferred with extreme urgency to the ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda in Milan.
At the request of the Prefecture of Reggio Calabria to the Situation Room at the Summit of the Air Squad Command, the Air Force immediately interested the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the AM Storms in operational readiness for this kind of missions.
After the necessary procedures for the activation of the crew, the Falcon 50 took off from the Roman military base shortly after 3:00 last night. Having landed at Reggio Calabria airport, the patient, followed and assisted by a specialized medical team, was immediately boarded on the aircraft for emergency transport. The landing took place at Milan Linate Airport around 5:00 in the morning, from here the woman was able to reach the Lombard hospital by ambulance to receive the necessary treatment.
Air Force crews and transport aircraft are ready every single day of the year, 24 hours a day, to ensure, where required and deemed necessary for reasons of urgency, the medical transport of people in imminent danger of life, organs or medical teams. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out every year for this kind of interventions, in support of citizens, by the aircraft of the 24st Wing of Ciampino, the 31th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 14th Air Brigade of Pisa. In the latter case, the C46J aircraft, thanks to their size, are able to transport an ambulance inside, where required. Where there are particular operational needs, the Air Force also employs the helicopters of the 130th Wing of Cervia.