The medical transport was carried out with a C130J aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade of the Air Force.
In the late afternoon it landed at Ciampino Airport (RM) C130J the Air Force took off from Lamezia Terme with a 5-year-old girl years affected by Covid-19 and imminent life-threatening danger due to an’Acute liver failure.
It medical flight It was ordered, at the request of the Prefectural Authority of Cosenza,from Situation Room of the Air Force Air Command which among its various tasks also includes coordinating this type of activity in favor of the civilian population throughout the national territory.
The military aircraft initially took off from 46th Air Brigade of Pisa towards the airport of Lamezia Terme where the ambulance with the patient and the medical team of the “Annunziata” Hospital Presidio of Cosenza was boarded. The C130J then landed at Ciampino airport where the ambulance completed the medical transport until it reached the Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Hospital in the capital.
The transports in favor of citizens in imminent danger of life are carried out with aircraft from the Air Force, transport aircraft, and helicopters, and consist of one Intense teamwork that requires professionalism, training, and dedication. Every year there are thousands of hours of flight performed by the aircraft of the 31st Ciampino Wing, the 14th Pratica di Mare Wing, the 15th Cervia Wing and the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, Always on the front line in case of an emergency.
