The investigation of the airport fiasco that snarled Philippine air traffic on New Year’s Day kicked off Thursday at the Senate. | DFernandezINQ
“Accountability is of course important to prevent a repeat of the fiasco but public safety and interest will always come first so the hearing will focus on that,” Poe said in a text message to INQUIRER.net.
“For the factual probe, we will validate the real cause of the air traffic glitch which happened last January 1, why all the supposed contingencies failed, and how we can prevent it moving forward,” she added. On January 1, Philippine airspace was in shambles as a supposed power outage downed the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems of the CAAP, which manages Naia.for the airport meltdown as it is the agency that operates commercial air traffic.
“We anticipate a highly technical discussion so we also invited experts like the supplier of the airport equipment, former transportation and airport officials, electrical engineers, and airline associations that can help us vet the technical matters,” she also said in the text message.
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