Huge British Airways Training Complex Part2 DAYTIME EXPLORE

Part 2 of 3
the vast site at Heathrow - a few jet-wings from the live runways - has been left to rot.

Eerie snaps give a glimpse of another world, with layers of moss and dust covering one-time critical training equipment.

Flight simulators used by pilots to execute their professional teaching modules lie unused beneath layers of dirt and grime.

Inside model plane interiors, rows of aircraft seats are caked in dust.
Layers of moss can be seen on once busy desks at the former British Airways training centre
Layers of moss can be seen on once busy desks at the former British Airways training centre
Inside model plane interiors, rows of aircraft seats are caked in dust
Inside model plane interiors, rows of aircraft seats are caked in dust

Hangars, once a thriving community for thousands of airline staff, have been allowed to turn derelict.

Desks where crew were given last minute lectures before flights are covered in moss and mould and plaster from crumbling ceilings.

Training manuals are almost obscured in dirt after being abandoned for years.

BA’s Cranebank hub at Heathrow has been left to rot for at least five years
"It's a sad sight, and unbelievable that Cranebank was seemingly abandoned overnight.
"It could be a scene from a post-apocalyptic action movie; with the once bustling hub abandoned

"It is a real shame the simulators and other equipment were not given away to charity or museums.

"The millions of passengers passing through Heathrow in recent years would have no idea this lies at the beating heart of the airport.”

At Cranebank, staff used to be put through their paces in case of inflight emergencies. Real-life scenarios played out there included cabin crew escaping from a plane down a chute.
Flight simulators used by pilots lie unused beneath layers of dirt and grime

Flight simulators used by pilots lie unused beneath layers of dirt and grime

They also got the chance to enter a smoke chamber, experience a pilot incapacitation exercise, and practise getting people onto a life raft if a plane lands in the sea.

Pilots and cabin crew were based at the hub, east of the two main Heathrow runways, which was understood to have had issues with asbestos.

PART 1 can be found here: https://youtu.be/Cp58K_wjRrU
PART3 can be found here: https://youtu.be/Anf8OnfHEKE

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