A C130J of the Italian Air Force took off a few minutes from the airport of Alghero (SS) carrying a newborn child in imminent danger of life, destination the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa. The aircraft is expected in about an hour at the Ligurian airport.
The C130J is an airplane that allows the transport of patients who need to stay inside the ambulance with the related medical team.
The intervention was requested by the prefecture of Sassari to Situations Room of the Air Squad command, the Air Force's operations room which has among its tasks that of organizing and managing - in coordination with prefectures, hospitals and presidency of the Council of Ministers - this kind of transport throughout the national territory, including islands .
Aircrew crews and transport aircraft are ready day and night to ensure, when required and deemed necessary for reasons of urgency, the medical transport of people in imminent danger of life. Every year thousands of flight times are carried out by the 31 ° Stormo of Ciampino, the 14 ° Stormo di Pratica di Mare and the 46 ^ Pisa Air Brigade, always on the front lines in case of emergency.
