The medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 50 transport aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force
The emergency medical transport carried out by a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force has just ended, which flew from Bari Palese airport to Milan Linate airport carrying a 42-year-old woman with a particularly medical condition. compromised.
The request for transport, as expected in these cases, was received by the Prefecture of Bari 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 50 took off in the early afternoon from Ciampino military airport, headquarters of the 31 ° Stormo, towards Bari Palese airport. Here the patient was boarded on the military aircraft which immediately left for Milan Linate airport.
After landing at the Lombard airport, the woman was transferred by ambulance to be admitted to the Mangiagalli Clinic of the Milan Polyclinic.
Missions of this type require maximum timeliness. The Air Force Flight Departments are available to the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with vehicles and crews capable of operating, 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.