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VisionSafe Hood Helps Pilots See In Smoke

VisionSafe’s emergency vision assurance system can help pilots see in a smoke-filled cockpit. When inflated, it forms a clear, smoke-free channel to the windscreen.

By David Donald • Contributor - UK

December 12, 2012

On average about three crews every day will face one of pilots’ greatest fears: smoke in the cockpit. Quite often, smoke is easily controlled, by switching off electrical consumers and pulling circuit breakers, for example. But uncontrolled smoke in a cockpit can quickly obscure vital flight instruments, effectively incapacitating the flight crew at a most critical time.

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