All Nippon Airways awards B777 Door Trainer contract to EDM

14 1 月 2016

Manchester, UK. EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, announced today that is has been awarded a contract by All Nippon Airways (ANA) to supply a B777 Door Trainer.

EDM will manufacture the Door Trainer at its Manchester headquarters before shipping and installing it at ANA’s training centre in Ota-ku, Tokyo. Once onsite the Door Trainer will be used extensively to train ANA’s cabin crew 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.”

For more information about All Nippon Airways visit: www.ana.co.jp

About EDM

EDM is a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation, defence and rail industries. Combining the highest engineering standards with leading-edge technologies, EDM provides organisations with a broad range of products including door trainers, cabin service trainers, cabin emergency evacuation trainers, procedure trainers, maintenance trainers and full size replicas. Serving organisations worldwide from its UK headquarters, EDM is committed to delivering exceptional quality and value to its clients to help them enhance safety and operational efficiency.

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