The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Thursday said it takes full responsibility for power supply breakdown at its air traffic management center that resulted in the shutdown of Philippine airspace on New Year’s Day.
“On behalf of CAAP and DOTr, we again extend our sincerest apologies to all those who were inconvenience and greatly affected by this circumstance, which is something we are not proud of,” CAAP Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo told a Senate committee on Thursday, Jan, 12, 2023
During the Senate Committee on Public Service’s hearing on Thursday, CAAP Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo took the blame for“On behalf of CAAP and DOTr, we again extend our sincerest apologies to all those who were inconvenienced and greatly affected by this circumstance, which is something we are not proud of,” Tamayo said.
Officials said that one of the uninterruptible power supplies of the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management failed and troubleshooting activities had to be done.due to over-voltage as 380 volts were coming in instead of 220 volts. This then affected the very small aperture terminal , which also had to be addressed.affecting thousands of passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and other airports nationwide.
“Walang na-divert pagkat ang project na CNS/ATM is what we called a loan-funded project. Ibig sabihin ang proseso niyan, ang nangangasiwa is JICA,” Tugade said.
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