Medical transports: urgent flight from Cagliari for a patient in danger of life
A 61-year-old man was transported by an Air Force Falcon 900 from Cagliari to Bologna
A 61-year-old man in imminent danger of life due to a serious pathology was transported urgently today from Cagliari to Bologna aboard a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare, for subsequent hospitalization at the “Sant'Orsola - Malpighi” Polyclinic.
The Falcon 900, one of the Air Force aircraft ready round the clock for urgent medical transport, took off in the morning from Ciampino airport, headquarters of the 31 ° Stormo, after receiving the mission order from the Hall Top Situations of the Air Squad Command.
After landing in Cagliari, the patient was boarded on the aircraft together with a medical team who constantly assisted him during the flight.
Taking off at about 12:50 from the Sardinian capital, the plane landed after an hour's flight to Bologna. The patient was then urgently transferred by ambulance to the "Sant'Orsola-Malpighi" Polyclinic to receive the necessary treatment, while the Falcon 900 was heading back to Ciampino airport to resume its prompt service.
According to the established procedures, the medical flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Cagliari, from the Top Situation Room of the Air Squad Command, the Air Force operations center that deals with the coordination of activities in favor of the civilian population on throughout the national territory, including urgent medical transport for people in imminent danger of life.
Through its Flight Departments, the Air Force provides vehicles and crews ready to take off at any time, including holidays, 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.