The aircraft of the 31st Ciampino Squadron carried out two emergency medical transports, from Brindisi to London and from London to Palermo
The Situation Room of the Air Force General Staff in Rome, at the request of the Prefecture of Lecce, which had informed the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, has ordered the deployment from Brindisi toLondon Luton Airport (GB) of an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (CJ) version of the 31st Stormo at Ciampino (Rome).
The aircraft, coming from the “Carmelo Raiti” military airport in Ciampino, arrived at 11:08 and, after boarding the little girl, departed at 11:50 towards the English capital, where it landed after about two hours of flight. The little patient, accompanied during the journey by her mother and brother, arrived at the London airport of destination and was greeted by the staff of the hospital where she was admitted. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children To undergo the necessary medical care. The return flight to Italy instead repatriated a Sicilian patient who was in London to undergo specialized medical care. The mission concluded late in the evening with the return to Ciampino of the 31st Stormo aircraft. The aircraft of the 31st Stormo of Ciampino (Rome) are used for state transport and for public utility missions, such as the emergency medical transport of sick people, severely traumatized people, and organs for transplantation, as well as for interventions in favor of people in situations of risk. Given the imminent danger to the lives of the people transported, this last activity requires an adequate level of readiness, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year.
