The little one needed to reach the Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital in Rome. The flight was carried out with a G650 from the 31st Wing. A parent and a medical team were on board.

has recently concluded with the landing in Rome the Emergency medical transport of one baby girl just three months old, in imminent danger of life, admitted to hospital SS.Ma Annunziata of Sassari and requires to be transferred to hospital with the utmost urgency Bambino Gesù in Rome.

The flight, as foreseen by the procedures for this type of activity, was authorised by the Prime Minister's Office, which manages and coordinates the activities of the State aircraft fleet.

The activation took place at the request of Sassari Prefecture to the Summit Situation Room Air Squadron Command of Milan of the Italian Air Force, which immediately involved the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the Units that carries out standby service for these types of missions.

Carry out all necessary procedures by the military crew, the aircraft G650 It took off from Ciampino Airport for Alghero in the afternoon. After landing around 5 PM, the child was immediately boarded with her parent and the medical team. Following landing at the Roman airport, which took place shortly before 6 PM, an ambulance provided for the subsequent transport to the hospital for admission.

This type of activity for the benefit of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Italian Air Force. Flight Units are available to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with aircraft and crews capable of operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of death, but also of organs, medical teams or ambulances.

Every year, hundreds of flight hours are carried out for this type of intervention by aircraft from 31st Wing of Ciampino, of 14th Practice Wing of Pratica di Mare, of 46th Air Brigade of Pisa from the helicopters of the 15th Air Wing of Cervia.