The urgent medical flight, requested by the Prefecture of Cagliari, was carried out with a Falcon 50 from the 31st Wing of Ciampino.

A 69-year-old woman, admitted to the Our Lady of Bonaria hospital in San Gavino Monreale (SU) and requiring urgent specialist care, was transported this afternoon to Bergamo aboard a Italian Air Force Falcon 50, for the subsequent admission to the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital.

A life-saving flight was necessary due to the woman's serious condition, who was able to reach the Bergamasco hospital facility quickly thanks to the crew and the Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the Air Force's flying departments that ensures 24 hours a day Support for citizens in difficulty.

Requested by Cagliari Prefecture, the urgent flight was immediately arranged and coordinated by the Summit Situation Room of the Air Force Command, the Operational Room of the Air Force, which among its tasks also includes activating and Managing urgent medical transport, giving the take-off order to the aircraft that the Armed Force keeps on standby every single day of the year, at various bases, for this kind of necessity.

Crews and transport aircraft of the Air Force ensure, without interruption, where required and deemed necessary for reasons of urgency, the medical transport of persons in imminent danger of life and needing to be transferred to specialised treatment centres, or of organs or medical teams. hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for this type of intervention, to support the citizens, from aircraft of 31st Wing of Ciampino, of 14th Practice Wing of Pratica di Mare And of the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa. Where there are specific operational needs, the Italian Air Force also employs helicopters from the 15th Air Wing of Cervia.