Leading US airline awards A350 Door Trainer order to EDM
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EDM is manufacturing an extended A350 Door Trainer for a leading US airline.
EDM will design and manufacture the training equipment at its UK facility before shipping and installing it at the airline’s flight academy in the United States. The Extended Door Trainer will be specifically utilised to train cabin crew in the safe and proficient operation of the exit door of A350 aircraft under a variety of normal, abnormal and emergency conditions.
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Internal view of an EDM A350 Door Trainer.
The A350 Door Trainer will include a variety of custom features including a single row of economy seats with emergency oxygen mask deployment and passenger service unit, flight attendant seat and functional touchscreen forward attendant panel (FAP). This is the third Door Trainer EDM has been commissioned to manufacture for the airline since 2014.
EDM was the first company in the aviation industry to design and build an A350 Door Trainer with previous customers including Singapore Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Cathay Pacific.