The young man, needing to reach the “Niguarda” hospital in Milan as quickly as possible, traveled with a medical team on a Gulfstream G650 of the 31st Squadron

The emergency medical transport of a young man, in imminent danger of life and in need of being transferred from Brindisi to the Milanese hospital, ended on the afternoon of July 29, 2026 with a landing at Milan Linate Airport.

The flight, as provided for by the procedures for this type of activity, was authorised by the Prime Minister's Office, which manages and coordinates the activities of the State aircraft fleet.

The activation took place at the request of the Prefecture of Lecce to the Situation Room of the Air Force Command in Milan, which immediately involved the 31st Squadron at Ciampino, one of the units that performs operational readiness for this type of mission.

After performing all the necessary procedures by the military crew, the G650 took off from the airport of Brindisi in the early afternoon of July 29, 2026, where the boy, coming from the “Vito Fazzi” Hospital in Lecce, was immediately boarded along with the medical team. After landing at Milan Linate Airport, which took place shortly after 16:00 today, an ambulance transported him to “Niguarda” for hospitalization.

This type of activity for the benefit of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Italian Air Force. Flight Units 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 urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of death, but also of organs, medical teams or ambulances.

Every year, hundreds of flight hours are carried out 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 helicopters from the 15th Wing of Cervia.