Imagine this situation. The helicopter crash land on the sea and it submerge. The passenger are trained to escape from the helicopter and there are several techniques to escape from the heli (image source). |
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Helicopter passengers escaping from the simulated helicopter underwater (image source) |
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A guy escaping from an over-turned helicopter underwater during the HUET training (image source) |
The training involves simulated sinking in a pool while rotating the training module upside down and
focuses students on bracing for impact, identifying primary and
secondary exit points, avoiding smoke inhalation, surfacing for air, and head count.
The conventional simulators simulate an immersed cabin rotating around
single axis, usually lengthwise. Most trainees find that the repetition
of predictable submerging and controlled rotation does not offer any
additional improvement to their survival skills. While the traditional
simulators can only be turned left or right in the horizontal plane, the
new generation simulators can turn 360° in both the horizontal and
vertical planes.
For better comprehension on what is going on during HUET, I have included a video below. Check it out.
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