The little patient, in imminent danger of life, traveled aboard a Falcon 900 of the 31st Stormo
The emergency medical transport, from Cagliari to Genoa, carried out with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force in favor of a three-month-old baby, ended today afternoon.
The emergency flight, requested by the Prefecture of Cagliari, was immediately ordered and coordinated by the Top Situation Room of the Air Force Command, the operations room of the Air Force which has among its tasks also that of activating and managing transport urgent medical services, through the aircrafts that the Armed Forces have ready, 24 hours a day, every day of the year for this kind of need.
Once the Falcon 900 of the 31st Stormo arrived at Cagliari Elmas airport, the little patient, a medical team and his mother embarked. The aircraft immediately took off for Genoa airport where it arrived around 16pm.
Once in Genoa, the child was able to continue his journey by ambulance to the Gaslini Pediatric Hospital in Genoa. The military aircraft instead returned to Ciampino.
Through its Flight Departments, the Air Force provides vehicles and crews ready to take off at any time and able to operate even in complex weather conditions 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. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each 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.