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Gatchalian to MIAA, DOTr: Pour all attention to details on NAIA power outage  

Published May 2, 2023 01:17 am
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, May 2 urged airport officials to pay attention to all details as they strive to resolve the power outage that hit the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 during Labor Day.    Gatchalian lamented the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) nor the Department of Transportation (DOTr) have been prepared with yet another internal issue, which was identified this time as coming from the NAIA Terminal 3’s main circuit breaker.   “Authorities have identified that NAIA Terminal 3’s main circuit breaker caused the May 1 power outage at the terminal, which is an internal issue. Officials of the NAIA should immediately conduct an audit of all its facilities, including an electrical audit, and make the necessary upgrade if need be,” Gatchalian said in a statement.   “Hindi katanggap-tanggap na nangyari na naman ang ganitong insidente ilang buwan lamang makalipas na maparalisa ang ating buong air transport system pagpasok ng bagong taon (It is unacceptable that such an incident has happened again only a few months after our entire air transport system was paralyzed at the beginning of the new year),” he further said.   “We should have learned our lessons from the New Year incident and appropriate redundancy measures should have been put into place to avoid a repeat of such incident,” added the senator.   Authorities have identified a “fault current’ as the cause of the glitch but officials are still looking into other possible issues such as sabotage.   At this point, however, Gatchalian said the MIAA, DOTr and airline companies should ensure that passenger rights, including the right to compensation and amenities, are observed and adhered to whenever there are delayed or cancelled flights.    “They must always attend to the needs of stranded passengers and ensure their safety and convenience until normal airport operations are restored,” he said.    “Authorities should ensure that the public, particularly affected passengers, are apprised of the latest situation and are given appropriate notice of any new flight schedule at all times,” added the lawmaker.   “Anumang pagkagambala o pagkaantala ng ating mga sistemang pang-transportasyon ay nagdudulot ng masamang epekto sa ating ekonomiya. Dapat natin itong pagbuhusan ng pansin para hindi na pauilit-ulit ang mga insidenteng ganito (Any interruption or delay of our transportation systems has an adverse effect on our economy. We should pay attention to it so that incidents like this don't happen again),” Gatchalian stressed. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Senate deputy minority leader, expressed her disappointment, recalling that when the Senate investigated the disruptions at the NAIA that occurred earlier this year, concerned government agencies assured lawmakers that no major problems “like the one we experienced won’t happen again.”   At the same time, Hontiveros pointed out it how the recent operational problem occurred on January 1, a holiday and the latest the occur was also on a holiday, May 1 which is Labor Day.    “Coincidence lang ba na napupurnada ang lakad ng mga kababayan natin kapag mga araw ng bakasyon? May kaugnayan ba rito ang pinaplanong privatization ng NAIA? O talagang dinededma tayo ng mga pabayang namamahala sa NAIA kaya wala nang tamang pagpaplano para sa mga airport (Is it just a coincidence that our countrymen's walk is blocked during vacation days? Is the planned privatization of NAIA related to this? Or are the negligent management of NAIA really hurting us so there is no proper planning for airports)?” Hontiveros noted.   “Ano pa man ang dahilan, malinaw na hindi uubra ang economic recovery na hinahangad natin matapos ang pandemya kung magpapatuloy ang ganitong mga kapalpakan (Whatever the reason, it is clear that the economic recovery we seek after the pandemic will not work if these failures continue)!” she pointed out.    Hontiveros said she hopes that the flight cancellations won’t affect the jobs of the country’s overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially in destination countries where employers cancel contracts based on strict re-entry rules.   “In case this happens, it should be the duty of the government to negotiate on their behalf to ensure that their jobs are protected),” she said.    

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