The 19-day-old baby was carried inside a thermal cradle on a Falcon 50 of the 31st Stormtrooper Squadron.
This afternoon, a Falcon 50 del 31st Wing the Air Force has carried out a Emergency medical transport for a baby just nineteen days old, in need of urgent specialist care, from Policlinico Umberto I in Rome at the Gaslini Pediatric Hospital in Genoa.
The emergency flight, requested by Prefecture of Rome, it was immediately arranged and coordinated by Summit Situation Room of the Air Force Command, The Military Air Operations Room, whose tasks also include activating and managing emergency medical transports, giving the order to take off to the aircraft that the Armed Forces keep ready 24 hours a day at various bases for this type of need.
The aircraft, after boarding the little patient, protected by a special thermal cradle and constantly monitored by a medical team, took off from Ciampino airport at 16:30, reaching the Genoa airport in just over an hour by plane. Once arrived at their destination, the little girl was promptly transferred by ambulance to the Gaslini Hospital. The crew then departed for the Ciampino base, to resume their duties. Operational readiness service.
Operations of this type require the utmost promptness, guaranteed by a meticulous organization, meticulous planning, and well-established procedures. The Air Force Flight Departments are available to the public 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 life-threatening danger, but also of organs for transplantation, medical teams, or ambulances.
