THE A320 / BOEING 737 / ATR 72 SIMULATOR

Class 6 and 7 medium-haul aircraft (AIRBUS 320/321 and BOEING 737-800) are mainly positioned at French airports. C2FPA responds to this request by setting up a simulator corresponding to these categories of aircraft.

The fuselage of the aircraft has a length of 29 meters and a diameter of 3.6 meters.

The external equipment includes a wing equipped with an A320 engine and on the other side of the fuselage, an ATR 42/72 engine or similar and a landing gear.

A slick fire of 9 m2 is associated with the reactor. The model allows simulating an A.P.U. fire (Auxiliary Power Unit) and a fuselage flashover.

The AIRBUS 320 simulator has 18 light points.

The model has areas reserved for search and rescue exercises including penetrations from the outside with breathing apparatus.

The fuselage has doors that correspond to the Airbus 320 and whose opening system is identical to the real one:

  • Passenger doors: one in front, one in the middle, and one cargo door at the end of the fuselage;
  • An emergency door above the starboard side wing;
  • The interior has a door with a bulkhead to separate the cockpit from the passenger area and a bulkhead to separate the passenger area from the cargo section.

All common types of fires can be simulated.

DOUBLE-FLOW REACTOR FIRE

POSITIONING:

  • Double flow reactor equipped with three fire points:
    • Blower or fan (front part);
    • Compressor (central part);
    • Nozzle (rear part).
  • Fourth point fire reproducing a table fire behind the tuyère.

TECHNICAL FEATURES:

  • Diameter of two meters;
  • Reproduction of a propeller engine at scale 1

TURBOPROP LIGHT

POSITIONING:

  • ATR 42 turboprop with 2 fire points:
    • Compressor (central part);
    • Nozzle (rear part).

TECHNICAL FEATURES:

  • Propeller diameter of 3.40 meters on a wing located 3.5 meters from the ground.

LANDING GEAR LIGHT

POSITIONING:

  • 2 landing gear types ATR 42 and large “boggy” aircraft.

TECHNICAL FEATURES:

  • ATR 42 wheel;
  • ATR 42 brake;

INTERIOR LIGHTS

Aware that airport firefighters must also intervene in aircraft, the C2FPA brings them, with the AIRBUS 320 simulator, all the different fires that can occur in an aircraft.
This phase can occur either directly or after an external fire and investigation with a fuselage cutting.

FUSELAGE CUTTING

The actual cutting of an interchangeable part of the fuselage provides the essential elements for the use of the lapidary stones to allow the investigation and facilitate the evacuation of passengers.

The break-in area is marked with standard signage. Our “cutaway” doors are marked with the same markings as on commercial aircraft:

  • < at 2 meters: corner marking ;
  • > at 2 meters: peripheral marking.

Access with a sliding ladder is secured outside the landing gear side danger zone.

Command action of the maneuver leader on a considered phase;
Protection by variable flow lance ” L.D.V. “;
Cutting off the door with the stonemason in the Foam Response Vehicle;
Cooling of the wing tank in the lower part.

DOORS OPENING

Opening the doors of an aircraft is a special operation requiring essential training.
Aircraft are not always accessible by firefighters at airports because of the speed of the rotations.
Especially with the arrival of «low cost» companies imposing a rotation in 25 minutes.

The AIRBUS 320 simulator offers an opening system identical to this machine:

  • Conforming entries;
  • Integrated handle in the door;
  • Unlocking by pulling the door towards you;
  • Opening by sliding forward.

SMOKY ATMOSPHERE

In order to develop situations close to the real parameters of an intervention, the implementation of cold smoke generators distributed in the fuselage allows the work with an Open Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (A.R.I.C.O.).

Working in a smoky atmosphere allows trainees to progress in a similar environment to an aircraft interior with seats, baggage racks, cargo boxes, galley, toilet, cockpit, etc.

This configuration, totally different from a building, develops “aeronautical” automatisms which are essential for airport firefighters.

RESCUE

30 kg to 50 kg dummies simulating passengers are positioned in the fuselage to allow a search for victims and the implementation of an emergency evacuation and stretcher action.

PANIC SOUND SYSTEM

The panic sound system inside the fuselage adds an element to evaluate the behavior of firefighters in a stressful situation:

  • Individual or collective panic cries;
  • Siren.

FUSELAGE LIGHT

AUXILIARY GENERATOR LIGHT

COCKPIT FIRE