Despite the extremely difficult weather conditions, the 85th C.S.A.R. Centre of Pratica di Mare carried out the transport of a woman in imminent danger of life. During the night, an HH-139A helicopter of the 85th C.S.A.R. (Combat Search and Rescue) Centre of the 15th Wing of the Italian Air Force was scrambled to carry out the emergency transport from the island of Ponza (LT) of a woman in imminent danger of life. The helicopter, on the orders of the Aerospace Operations Command of Poggio Renatico, took off shortly afterwards from the Pratica di Mare air base to reach the military airport of Latina, home of the 70th Wing, where the medical team was brought on board. After departing from the capital of the Lazio region, the helicopter embarked the woman at the Santa Lucia helipad on the island of Ponza (LT) and, despite the difficult weather conditions, promptly departed for the military airport of Latina where it entrusted the patient to the care of 118 emergency medical staff. The crew then departed for Pratica di Mare to resume normal readiness for the national SAR alert. The 85th Centre is one of the departments of the 15th Wing of the Italian 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, emergency medical transport of patients in danger of life and the rescue of severely traumatised people, operating in any weather condition. Since its establishment to date, the crews of the 15th Wing have saved more than 7300 people in danger of life.
