Alerted by the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) of the Air Operations Command (COA) of Poggio Renatico (FE), the structure, in "operational readiness", then took off at 00.55, reaching the intervention area in a few minutes. The crew of the HH 139, the aircraft used in the national SAR activity by the Italian Air Force, then rescued the three colleagues in difficulty, who made up the crew of the CP 850 patrol boat of the Mazara del Vallo Harbor Master's Office.
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The rescue staff was then disembarked at the airport of Trapani Birgi where waiting for them there was a vehicle sent by their Command.
The 82 ° Centro C / SAR is one of the departments of the 15 ° Stormo of the Air Force that guarantees 24 hours on 24, for 365 days a year, the search and rescue of the flight crews in difficulty, competing, moreover, to activities of public utility such as the search for missing at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in danger of life and the rescue of serious trauma victims. Since its establishment to date, the crews of the 15 ° Stormo have saved around 7000 people in danger of life.
Source: 82 ° Combat SAR Center - Trapani Birgi - 1 ° m.llo Alberto Agati
