Air Rescue: 82nd Combat SAR Center rescues a seriously injured woman on the Island of Mozia

An HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd Combat Search&Rescue Center of the 15th Stormo intervened to rescue a woman on the island of Mozia, in the Stagnone Nature Reserve of Marsala, in the province of Trapani

Author: Captain Filippo Conforti
Yesterday afternoon, on Tuesday 5 April, a crew of the’82nd Center of the C.S.A.R. (Combat Search And Rescue) of the Air Force of Trapani, in collaboration with the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps, He intervened to help a woman who was injured on the’Island of Mozia, in the Stagnone Nature Reserve of Marsala in the province of Trapani.
 
The crew, on alert with a helicopter HH-139B, He received the mission order from the Operations Room of the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) of Aerospace Operations Command From Poggio Renatico (FE). At 15:00 the helicopter took off to head towards the football field in Castellammare del Golfo to board two technicians from the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps and set off again towards the island of Mozia.
 
Once on the operational area, the helicopter landed the team of CNSAS and the military air ambulance that they promptly recovered and stabilized the patient, subsequently securing her on the stretcher.
 
After the woman was recovered, the helicopter took off towards the municipal hospital in Trapani, where it landed a few minutes later.

The’82° Centre Combat SAR It is one of the Departments of 15th Wing The Air Force guarantees, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the search and rescue of flight crews in distress, 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 life-threatening danger and the rescue of seriously injured people, operating even in marginal meteorological conditions. Since its establishment to date, the crews of the 15th Wing have saved more than 7500 people in life-threatening danger. Since 2018, the Department has acquired the AIB capability (Forest Fire Fighting) contributing to the prevention and control of fires in Sicily.

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