The operation was carried out in collaboration with the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps
This afternoon, a crew of the’82nd Combat Search and Rescue Center (C.S.A.R.) of the Air Force took off from the military airport of Trapani to provide assistance to a 63-year-old man who was seriously injured during an excursion within the Zingaro nature reserve.
The crew of the Air Force, on national SAR readiness duty with a helicopter HH-139B, received the order for immediate takeoff from the operations room of the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) of Aerospace Operations Command in Poggio Renatico (FE).
The aircraft first headed to Castellammare del Golfo to board a team of National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps (C.N.S.A.S.), then head towards the operational area.
Thirty minutes after activation, the helicopter was already on site and, after lowering the air ambulance and the two C.N.S.A.S. operators using the winch, the man was recovered and transported to the same field in Castellammare del Golfo for subsequent transport by ambulance to the nearest hospital.
Having completed the rescue, the military crew returned to the Trapani military base, where they resumed search and rescue readiness duties.
The 82nd Combat Search and Rescue Center is one of the Departments of the 15th Wing of the Air Force, which guarantees, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without interruption, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, also contributing to public utility activities such as the search for missing persons at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in imminent danger of life, and the rescue of seriously traumatized individuals, operating even in marginal meteorological conditions.
