A twenty-seven-year-old woman, in imminent danger of death, travelled aboard an aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force.

The urgent medical transport of a twenty-seven-year-old girl from Cagliari to Bologna, carried out with an Air Force F50 aircraft, concluded shortly before 12 noon local time.

The patient, in imminent danger of death, needed to be urgently transferred from the “Arnas G. Brotzu” Hospital Company (CA) to the “Sant'Orsola” Hospital in Bologna (BO).

Specifically, the young woman travelled within the aircraft, monitored and assisted by a medical team and her mother.

This type of activity for the benefit of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Italian Air Force. The life-saving flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Cagliari, by the Air Force Summit Situation Room, which immediately involved the 31st Wing, one of the Units that carries out operational readiness service for this kind of mission.

After all necessary procedures had been carried out by the military crew, the aircraft took off from Ciampino Airport, landing at Cagliari Elmas where the girl was immediately boarded onto the aircraft for emergency transport. After landing at Bologna Airport, the ambulance proceeded to “Sant'Orsola” Hospital 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 operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport not only of individuals in imminent danger of life, but also of organs, medical teams, or ambulances.

Hundreds of flight hours are carried out every year for this type of operation 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.