ANA awards B777 Door Trainer contract to EDM
EDM will manufacture the Door Trainer at its Manchester headquarters before shipping and installing it at ANA’s crew training centre in Ota-ku, Tokyo. Once onsite the Door Trainer will be used extensively to train by ANA’s cabin crew to be trained in the proficient use of the B777 exit door under all normal, abnormal and emergency conditions.
The B777 Door Trainer will comprise of a fully functional main door and attendant seat as well as features such as door mode selector, integrated door training malfunctions, gust lock, manual slide inflation handle, door assist handles, simulated audio sounds and exit lighting. The Door Trainer will be controlled via an intuitive, easy to use Instructor Operator Station.
In recent years, EDM has supplied a wide range of cabin crew training equipment to ANA including B787, B777, B767 and A320 Door Trainers.
“We’ve enjoyed an excellent relationship with ANA for several years now and are looking forward to supplying them with another high quality training simulator,” said Tony Bermingham, Managing Director of EDM. “We’re the leading supplier of cabin crew training equipment in Asia and look forward to further successes in this rapidly growing market.”