An Italian Air Force HH-3F helicopter transported a man from Ventotene to Latina. Subsequently, the aircraft took off for the Lazio island, where it landed at the Ventotene helipad. Once the ground safety operations were completed, the patient was secured to a stretcher and loaded aboard the helicopter before taking off for Latina. Upon arrival at the Latina airfield, the patient was entrusted to the care of 118 emergency medical services for subsequent transport to hospital.
The 85th Combat S.A.R. Centre of Pratica di Mare (RM), subordinate to the 15th Wing of the Italian Air Force based in Cervia, guarantees 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, whilst 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 life-threatening conditions and the rescue of severely traumatised casualties. Since its establishment to date, the crews of the 15th Wing have saved more than 7,000 lives in danger.
