The Lithuanian Air Force’s Spartan aircraft brought a donor organ from Warsaw to Vilnius on Tuesday.
The military plane was deployed at the request of the National Transplant Bureau.
“The Air Force’s C-27J Spartan transport aircraft took off from Zokniai Airport in Šiauliai at around 16:00 and departed for Warsaw Airport in Poland with a medical team aboard,” the Armed Forces said in a press release.
The medical team landed in Vilnius at 22:25 with the donor organ, after which the aircraft returned to Šiauliai.
This marks the plane’s second flight to neighbouring Poland after a cooperation agreement was signed in late September 2023, expanding the list of European countries where military aircraft can fly to transport donor organs.
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