Coronavirus: C130J of the Italian Air Force transports 5 tons of medical material from Fiumicino to Malpensa

As part of the support activities, strongly desired by the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, which the Armed Forces are providing in competition to the Department of Civil Protection and to the other Departments committed to tackling the Coronavirus emergency, a C-130J of the 46th Brigade Aerea dell'Aeronautica Militare is flying from Fiumicino to Malpensa carrying about 5 tons of masks and other medical equipment destined for hospitals in northern Italy.

The flight, which will land in the evening at the Lombard capital, is part of the military transport plan made available by the Defense to speed up the distribution of medical supplies for the Civil Protection.

With today's one, the number of medical material and equipment transports carried out by the Air Force aircraft has risen to five since the beginning of the CoVid19 emergency.

On the other hand, there are thirteen transport missions carried out by the Air Force to safely transfer patients from one hospital to another, thus relieving the pressure on the treatment centers in northern Italy at this time most affected by the problem.

The structures and crews are in a state of operational alert, 24 hours a day, ready to leave in a very short time. The activities are coordinated by the Air Operations Command of Poggio Renatico (Ferrara), the nerve center of the Armed Force who, through its Air Operation Center, is responsible for receiving and evaluating requests that can from time to time come from hospitals, prefectures or, in this case in a centralized way, by the Civil Defense, translating them into mission orders for the designated flight departments.

Coronavirus: C130J of the Italian Air Force transports 5 tons of medical material from Fiumicino to Malpensa

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