AIRCRAFT RESCUE: A WOMAN ON BOARD A CRUISE SHIP IN SARDEGNA

Life-saving flight for a US passenger transported to Brotzu Hospital in Cagliari by an HH212 helicopter from the 80th CSAR Center of the 15th Wing This morning, Thursday, May 30, a helicopter HH-212 dThe 80th Center C.S.A.R. (Combat Search and Rescue) of Decimomannu (Cagliari) he intervened to provide assistance to a US woman who suffered a serious heart attack on the cruise ship MSC Bellissima. The 80th C.S.A.R. Center is one of the Departments of the15th WingThe Air Force provides, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without interruption, search and rescue for flight crews in distress, also contributing to public utility activities such as the search for missing persons at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in life-threatening danger and the rescue of seriously injured traumatized individuals, even operating in marginal weather conditions. Since its establishment to date, the crews of the 15th Flight have saved more than 7300 people in life-threatening danger or in conditions of serious difficulty.