Norwegian F-16 life saving heart patient

- An F-16 of the Norwegian Air Force has saved the life of a dying man. This had to undergo surgery at the hospital in Bodø urgently, but the heart-lung machine to take over the vital body was outside company. Spare parts were not available and also colleagues in the northern city of Tromso which could not deliver. St. Olav's Hospital in Trondheim, 1,200 kilometers to the south, the requested item could be.

According to the newspaper Verdens Gang gave a phone call to an air force base near outcome. There appeared coincidentally just two jets to be ready for a routine flight, one of which was equipped with a device under the wing to take a small cargo. A helicopter brought the package to the military airport, and the F-16 pilot on the road to Bodo gave additional gas. Normally the flight 35 minutes, in this emergency only 25. The patient can retelling.