Eight flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were affected early Sunday morning as airport personnel replaced the defective uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that caused a glitch last January 1.
Operations at the NAIA however were back to normal at 6:20 a.m.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said a temporary shutdown of operations had to be implemented from 4:20 a.m. to 5:23 a.m. on Sunday to give way to the maintenance activity for the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS-ATM) system.
“Ang problema nagkaroon ng parts replacement kaya kinakailangang i-shut down muna natin power dahil doon tumatakbo ‘yung kuryente papasok doon sa ATM [air traffic management] facilities,” CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
(The problem was there was parts replacement [activity] so we had to shut down power as that is where the electricity goes through for the ATM facilities.)
Apolonio said the CAAP issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) advising them of the temporary disruption in operations.
“Well in-advise in advance kaya dapat nakapag-adjust na rin ‘yung mga concerned areas dahil na-issuehan na namin ng NOTAM,” he said.
(Well we advised them in advance to give concerned areas room to adjust because we already issued a NOTAM.)
Apolonio said operations were back to normal at 6:09 a.m. on Sunday with two UPS fully working. —KG, GMA Integrated News
8 NAIA flights affected due to replacement of air traffic management system UPS
Source: Balita News
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