Course Listing       METS               Links              Employment Opportunities              Special Events
 Service                   Testimonials         Locations       Contact Us                                        In the News

Aircraft Ditching Course

Aim:
This program is designed to provide all aircraft crew and passengers traveling over water with the knowledge and skills necessary to react to an aircraft-ditching emergency, care for themselves in a sea survival situation, and to participate to the maximum extent in their rescue.

Content:
This one-day course consists of both classroom and practical sessions in our training tank including:
  • Hazards to aircraft and personnel during overwater operations
  • Safety and survival equipment requirements and utilization
  • Pre-ditching considerations and procedures
  • Emergency ditching and evacuation procedures
  • Smoke in the cockpit/cabin (practical)
  • Upright emergency evacuation (practical)
  • Emergency evacuation (practical)
  • Survival and rescue water skills (practical)
  • Underwater escape training using the Modular Egress Training Simulator (METS™) (Practical)
  • * optional: Fire fighting in the cabin/Cockpit (practical)
  • * optional: Rescue/recovery training – helicopter rescue at sea simulation (practical)

 

Home   Back to Course Listing 


For more information, please contact us at:

Survival Systems USA, Inc.
144 Tower Avenue,
Groton, CT 06340

Phone: 860-405-0002
Toll-free: 888-386-5371 Fax: 860-405-0006