In the middle of the night, at the request of the Messina prefecture, an HH-139 helicopter from the 82 ° SAR Center took off from the Trapani airport to take an 79 woman in the imminent danger of life and in need of urgency on Panarea Island. specialized care.
The military helicopter, arriving on the island of Panarea, loaded the woman on board and then headed to the Messina Polyclinic, where the patient was entrusted to the hospital's medical staff.
The particular meteorological conditions and night flight have made recovery operations particularly complex. The training level of the crews, the characteristics of the machines supplied and the use of special equipment and techniques, such as the use of night vision goggles, are often, as in this case, of the Air Force the only component capable of managing successfully the most difficult emergency situations thanks to their particular ability to use during the day, at night and in marginal weather conditions.
