Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has become the first university in the U.S to establish a simulation laboratory to train pilots for the onset of altitude sickness.
Long the leader in aviation safety and training, Embry-Riddle expects to train up to 500 flight students per year in the lab, which will accommodate 8-10 students per training session.
According to BizJournals, The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has documented 40 aircraft accidents related to altitude sickness, known as hypoxia, between 1965 and 1990. The condition was believed responsible for a Greek Helios Airways crash that killed 121 people in 2005 and a crash that killed golfer Payne Stewart and five others aboard a Learjet in 1999.
Embry-Riddle specializes in aviation and aerospace and offers more than 30 degree programs to more than 34,000 students annually at its campus in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
600 S. Clyde Morris Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3966
(386) 226-6910
www.embryriddle.edu
Embry-Riddle is just one one many ways our Daytona Beach area looks to the future. Become a part of our life.
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386-679-3191
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