It ended in the early afternoon of today, Friday, February 3rd, emergency medical transport from Cagliari to Venice carried out with a transport aircraft Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing from the Air Force in favor of a man in imminent danger of life.
The urgent flight, requested by Cagliari Prefecture, it was immediately arranged and coordinated by Summit Situation Room of the Air Force Command, The Air Force operational room, which among its tasks also includes activating and managing emergency medical transports through the aircraft that the Armed Forces keep ready, 24 hours a day, every day of the year for this kind of need.
It Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing Once he arrived at Cagliari airport, he boarded the man, accompanied by a medical team, And it immediately took off towards the airport in Venice.
Once arrived at the Veneto airport, the patient was transferred by ambulance to the Padova University Hospital. The military aircraft then returned to Ciampino Airport, where it resumed its operational readiness service.
Through its Flight Departments, the Air Force makes available means and crews ready to take off at any time and capable of operating even in complex meteorological conditions to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of life, as happened today, but also of organs and medical teams for transplants. Hundreds of hours of flight are carried out every year for this type of intervention by the aircraft of the 31st Stormo of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 46th Air Brigade in Pisa.
