The two patients at the Floreasca Hospital, seriously injured in the Petromidia explosion, were transported to Germany on Monday, by a military aircraft, informs the Ministry of National Defence (MApN).
"A C-27J Spartan aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, configured for medical missions, carried out on Monday, July 5, a humanitarian mission in Germany, on the route Otopeni - Offenbach - Otopeni, for the transport, in emergency regime, of two patients who suffered burns in the explosion at the Petromidia Refinery," reads a MApN release.
The medical team that monitors patients during the flight consists of specialists from UPU-SMURD Bucharest and the Ministry of National Defence.
The mission was approved by the Minister of National Defence, Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, following the request of the Department for Emergency Situations within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The aircraft took off from Base 90 Air Transport, around 11.00.
AGERPRES .