The young patient required urgent transfer to San Donato Milanese Hospital (MI).

The urgent medical transport of a thirteen-day-old newborn has just concluded from Cagliari airport to Linate airport, carried out with a Falcon 900 transport aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force.

The young patient, in imminent danger of life, needed to be urgently transferred from the University Hospital of Cagliari to the Institute for Research and Care of a Scientific Nature (IRCCS) San Donato Milanese Hospital (MI). The newborn was accompanied by their parents and a medical team who monitored them throughout all phases of the flight.

The flight, defined as “IPV – Imminent Danger to Life”, was activated at the request of the Prefecture of Cagliari to the Summit Situation Room of the Air Force Command of the Italian Air Force based in Milan. This immediately involved the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the Units that carries out operational readiness for this type of mission.

Once they arrived at Linate Airport, where an ambulance was already waiting for the child, the Falcon 900 returned to Ciampino, the permanent base of the 31st Wing, becoming available again for immediate deployment if necessary.

Today's flight, as is the case with this type of activity, was authorised by the Prime Minister's Office, which manages and coordinates the activities of the State fleet.

The Italian Air Force's flight departments are available to the public 24 hours a day, every day of the year, with aircraft and crews capable of transporting patients, organs, medical teams, and ambulances, even in complex weather conditions. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for these types of missions by aircraft from the 31st Wing in Ciampino, the 14th Wing in Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade in Pisa, and by helicopters from the 15th Wing in Cervia, stationed at various bases from the north to the south of the country.