In the early hours of this morning, following the flood that hit the south-eastern side of Sardinia, an HH-212 helicopter from the 80th SAR Combat Center in Decimomannu (CA) was used in the search for a missing family of 5 in the countryside of Assemini (CA). The crew, alerted by the Poggio Renatico Air Operations Command at the request of the Prefecture, took off at 2:10 am from the Decimomannu air base to head to the nearby Assemini countryside, where the ground rescue teams were already engaged in the search of the 5 members of a family who was in a car overwhelmed by the waters of a torrent in flood. The use of the special night vision goggles (NVG - night vision goggles) supplied to the crew allowed, despite the bad weather and visibility conditions, to identify one of the members of the family, a man of about 55 years, who was promptly recovered by lowering the rescuer using the rescue winch. The man was immediately rescued and the mission continued to search for his wife, a search that for now has given a negative result, while in the meantime the three daughters had been found by the teams on the ground.
The 80th Center is one of the departments of the 15th Wing of the Air Force which guarantees 24 hours a day, 24 days a year, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, also contributes to public utility activities. such as the search for missing persons at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in danger of life and the rescue of seriously traumatized patients. From its constitution to today, the crews of the 365 ° Stormo have saved about 15 people in danger of life.