NEWBORN IN IMMINENT DANGER OF DEATH TRANSPORTED FROM SARDINIA

A Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing has completed a medical flight from Alghero to Rome for a one-month-old baby

10 April 2018

Source: Public Information Office

Author: Major Michele Seri

A Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing completed a medical flight from Alghero to Rome for a one-month-old infant. Late yesterday evening, Tuesday 10 April, the Italian Air Force carried out the urgent transport of a one-month-old patient in imminent danger of life. The aircraft Falcon 50 of them 31st Wing from Ciampino it took off following the request received by the Top Situation Room of the Air Squad Command from the Prefecture of Cagliari. The Top Situation Room, in coordination with the Prefectures throughout the national territory, is responsible for managing missions of this type for the benefit of the community. Missions of this type require constant operational readiness. The Italian Air Force aircraft are at the disposal of citizens every single day of the year, 24 hours a day, with assets and crews capable of operating in complex weather conditions, ensuring the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of life and medical teams, as in today's case, but also of organs and ambulances.