Southwest Airlines has donated its long-serving Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET), known as "Poolie," to the Texas A&M Engineering Extension (TEEX).
Now located at TEEX's "Disaster City," the trainer will provide realistic, hands-on training for first responders, simulating plane crash scenarios and complex rescue operations.
"Poolie," made from a 737-200 fuselage and acquired in 1995, was a pioneering trainer offering 3-axis movement and smoke/fire simulation, with its donation enabling Southwest to develop a newer 737 Max 8 CEET.
Southwest Airlines has donated its long-serving Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) to the Texas A&M Engineering Extension (TEEX) in College Station.
The trainer, known as “Poolie,” was moved from Southwest’s corporate campus in Dallas on September 21 to its new home at TEEX’s “Disaster City” to be used for training first responders.
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