The urgent medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force
This afternoon, 7 November, a crew of a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force took off from Ciampino (RM) to carry out an emergency medical transport, on the Brindisi - Bologna route, to transfer a young 21-year-old boy in imminent danger of life.
The request for transport, as expected in these cases, was received by the Prefecture of Lecce at the Top Situation Room of the Air Squad Command, the operations room of the Air Force which has among its tasks that of arranging and managing this type of missions through the activation of one of the aircraft that the Armed Force keeps ready 24 hours a day, in various bases, for this kind of need.
The Falcon 900 took off from Ciampino Airport (RM), headquarters of the 31 ° Stormo, towards Brindisi airport. Here the young patient was boarded, together with a medical team made up of two doctors and a nurse and her father, on the military aircraft which immediately departed for the Romagna capital.
After landing at Bologna airport, which took place at around 16:30, the boy was transferred by ambulance to be admitted to the Bologna Hospital where he will receive the necessary medical treatment.
Such missions require the utmost timeliness.
The Air Force Flight Departments are available to the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with vehicles and crews able to operate, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger to life, but also to organs, medical teams or ambulances.