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February 20, 2015 - VisionSafe Corporation has
received Supplemental Type Certification (STC)
for the Emergency Vision System (EVAS) Cockpit
Smoke Displacement equipment applicable to the
Boeing 777. The Boeing 777 is the latest
aircraft to get FAA certified equipment and
includes models 777-200, -200LR, -300, -300LR
and the 777F.
VisionSafe has customer orders pending for the
Boeing 777 and expects to begin delivery in
March 2015. With the company seeing growing
demand in the air cargo segment, EVAS OEM
VisionSafe has 4 other certifications for heavy
transport aircraft due out this year. The
company now has EVAS STC’s for over 80 aircraft
types.
The FAA recommends that aircraft meet higher
standards for continuous cockpit smoke
protection (FAA AC25.109). The Air Line Pilots
Association’s (ALPA) in-flight fire project
reported more than 1,100 in-flight smoke and
fire incidents over only 10 months, causing 360
emergency landings.
FAA’s concern about smoke continues, this is
still a “serious” problem and the statistics are
essentially unchanged. Flight Safety Foundation
ranks smoke/fire emergencies as the 3rd highest
cause of fatalities. Smoke is also a leading
cause of diversions of ETOPS aircraft.
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