A 22-year-old woman accused stabbing pains in her stomach and was no longer able to move, the intervention of the Air Force and the Alpine Rescue
This morning, Tuesday 29 August, an HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd SAR Center of the 15th Wing of Trapani intervened to urgently transport a 22-year-old tourist who was on holiday in Salina, in the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands .
The girl who was hiking with a group of friends on the southern side of the island, while walking along a path along the cliff, suffered excruciating pain in her stomach and was no longer able to move.
Activated by the Rescue Coordination Center of the Aerospace Operations Command of the Air Force, a crew in readiness from the alarm of the 82nd SAR Center of the 15th Wing took off with an HH-139B helicopter from the Trapani Birgi airport and headed to Boccadifalco airport where he embarked two technicians from the Sicilian Alpine and Speleological Rescue to then reach the intervention area. Once in the area of operations, Alpine Rescue technicians and an Air Force rescuer lowered themselves with the winch and stabilized the girl on a special transportable aviation stretcher. Once loaded on board the helicopter, the helicopter went to the Milazzo hospital where she was handed over to the doctors for the necessary health care.
The 15th Wing of the Air Force guarantees, 24 hours a day, 24 days a year, without interruption, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, also contributing to public utility activities such as of missing persons at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in imminent danger of life and the rescue of seriously traumatized people, also operating in extreme weather conditions.
From its establishment to today, the crews of the 15th Stormo have saved more than 7800 people in danger of life. Since 2018, the Department has acquired the AIB (Forest Fire Fighting) capability, contributing to the prevention and fight against fires throughout the national territory as part of the inter-force device put in place by the Defense.