The girl, in imminent danger of dying, travelled on board a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing to reach the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.
The urgent medical transport of a 15-year-old young woman, from Catanzaro to Ciampino, carried out with an Air Force Falcon 50 aircraft, concluded this afternoon.
The patient, in imminent danger of losing her life, needed to be urgently transferred from the Catanzaro Hospital to the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. A medical team and a family member travelled with her.
Emergency medical transport is one of the institutional activities carried out by the Air Force for the benefit of the community. The flight, defined in this case as “IPV - Imminent Danger to Life”, was activated at the request of the Prefecture of Catanzaro to the Summit Situation Room of the Air Force Air Squad Command (COA). This immediately involved the 31st Wing, one of the Units that carries out the operational readiness service for this type of mission. Upon landing at Ciampino, an ambulance was already awaiting the girl to transfer her directly to the Gemelli Polyclinic, for subsequent admission.
The Italian Air Force's flight departments are available to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with aircraft and crews capable of ensuring the transport of patients, organs, medical teams, and ambulances, even in complex weather conditions.
Hundreds of flying hours are carried out each year for these types of operations by aircraft from the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, and by helicopters from the 15th Wing of Cervia.
