The Air Force has just concluded the urgent transport of a one-year-old child in imminent danger of life.
A 50 Falcon 31 ° Stormo of Ciampino took off at the request of the Prefecture of Sassari, received at the Situation Room of the Summit of the Air Squad Command, which authorized the mission. The Situation Hall of Vertice, is in constant contact with the Prefectures throughout the national territory to arrange and manage missions of this and other kind in favor of the community.
The aircraft, arrived in Alghero to take the baby along with a doctor who has constantly witnessed it, took off around the 18: 00 and then landed in Genoa after about an hour's flight. Here the baby was immediately transported to the "Gaslini" hospital to receive the necessary treatment.
For this type of missions, which require very quick reaction times, the Air Force maintains assets and crews in a state of operational readiness, available to citizens every single day of the year, 24 hours on 24, able to operate in meteorological conditions complex, ensuring the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of life and medical teams, as in today's case, but also of organs and ambulances.