“A crash axe is part of the minimum equipment list for any airliner.”
The crash axe in cockpits is used in emergency situation to help exit the aircraft following a crash, says aviation expert and former director of the International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Associations Gideon Ewers.
Gideon Ewers was speaking Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday and Sunday, 4-7pm.
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