An English tourist on a cruise becomes ill and is saved by the Air Force
PALERMO – An HH-139B helicopter from the 82nd SAR Center of the Air Force took off this afternoon from the Trapani base to recover and rescue a cruise ship, sailing about forty miles off the coast of Mazara del Vallo, a 79-year-old English woman in imminent danger of life due to […]
PALERMO – An HH-139B helicopter from the 82nd SAR Center of the Air Force took off this afternoon from the Trapani base to recover and rescue from a cruise ship, sailing about forty miles offshore from Mazara del Vallo, a 79-year-old English woman in imminent danger of her life due to an illness.
THE INTERVENTION OFF THE COAST OF TRAPANES
The helicopter took off from the Trapani Birgi military base. After reaching the ship, an air rescuer lowered himself onto the deck of the vessel with the winch and, after securing the woman on a stretcher, proceeded with her recovery. On board the helicopter, in addition to the crew, a specialized team made up of pilots, on-board operator and the air rescuer himself. Also present were a doctor and a nurse from the Sant’Antonio Abate hospital in Trapani, where the patient was transferred by ambulance after returning to Birgi.
