An eighty-year-old, in very serious condition due to extensive burns, was transported aboard a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino on the evening of Saturday 14 August.
On the evening of Saturday, August 14, the emergency transport of an 82-year-old man, hit by severe burns on 50% of his body, on board a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino (RM).
For the patient, hospitalized at the Pugliese Ciaccio Hospital in Catanzaro, the urgent transfer to the Pisan Hospital was necessary.
At the request of the Prefecture of Catanzaro to the Situation Room at the Summit of the Air Squad Command, the Air Force immediately interested the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the AM Storms in constant operational readiness for this kind of missions.
Once the crew was alerted, the Falcon 900 took off from Ciampino airport to Lamezia Terme. Here the patient, constantly assisted by a specialized medical team, was immediately boarded on the aircraft for emergency transport. The landing took place at Pisa Airport at 21:50, after just over an hour of flight. From here the man was able to reach the hospital by ambulance to receive the necessary treatment.
Air Force crews and transport aircraft are ready every single day of the year, 24 hours a day, to ensure, where required and deemed necessary for reasons of urgency, the medical transport of people in imminent danger of life, organs or medical teams. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out every year for this kind of interventions, in support of citizens, by the aircraft of the 24st Wing of Ciampino, the 31th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 14th Air Brigade of Pisa. In the latter case, the C46J aircraft, thanks to their size, are able to transport an ambulance inside, where required. Where there are particular operational needs, the Air Force also employs the helicopters of the 130th Wing of Cervia.