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The best medium twin of the next decades.
Designed with our customers, the EC175 sets new standards for all your missions.
Ingeniously optimized.
Extensive end-user advice combined with the latest generation computer aided design and virtual simulation mock-up were essential to the optimization of the EC175. Result? It is the roomiest, safest, most comfortable, easiest to fly, cheapest to maintain, most cost-effective 7-ton robust workhorse in the world.
The EC175 exceeds EASA CS29 crashworthiness requirements.
In addition to general fail-safe design and fully redundant systems, emergency egress capacity exceeds EASA Type IV certification requirements.
Two wide pilot doors, two extra-wide sliding passenger doors and eight large push-out windows allow 16 passengers and 2 pilots to leave the aircraft in a matter of seconds.
Oversized front and aft emergency floatation devices are permanently “armed” in flight, and can be inflated at high speeds. The EC175 has Sea State 6 capability with a high helicopter waterline.
Two oversized 12 to 18-pax life rafts can be easily released by passengers or crew.
All emergency evacuation features and scenarios have been designed and validated by Oil & Gas industry safety advisors, operators and pilots.
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