Aeroflot chooses Spatial to supply A321 door trainers

Spatial has been chosen by Aeroflot to supply two A321 door trainers,which will be used to train Aeroflot’s cabin crew to become completelyproficient in the safe operation of the A321 aircraft emergency exits and doorsincluding procedures for all normal, abnormal and emergency scenarios.

The high-fidelity devices will simulate all faults that maybe encountered on the A321 aircraft door types including door and handle jams,power assist failures, automatic and manual slide inflation failures and doorindicator malfunctions.

The trainers will provide all legacy and current A321 exittypes, including the A321NX ACF semi-automatic Over Wing Exit (OWE) – as wellattendant stations, passenger seating, replica overhead stowage bins and bothstandard and emergency lighting. The simulators will be seamlessly controlledby an intuitive, Instructor Operator Station (IOS).

After being manufactured at Spatial’s state-of-the-artmanufacturing facility in Dubai, the A321 door trainers will be installed atAeroflot’s Crew Training Centre at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Russia.