Senator Joel Villanueva filed a resolution on Tuesday, January 3, to seek an inquiry into the power outage in the country's air traffic management system that cancelled, delayed, or diverted hundreds of flights nationwide on New Year's Day.
that halted over 300 flights on New Year’s Day at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport , as the chair of the panel deemed the incident a matter of “national security” and safety.In a statement to media on Monday, January 2, Senator Grace Poe said the hearing would determine liability, and aim to identify measures needed to avoid malfunctions in the future.“We will conduct an inquiry and direct them to submit a full report of what caused the supposed glitch and power outage.
“This is also a wake-up call for our airport authorities to review the aggressive schedules of airlines during busy seasons, which could have led to this level of loss of critical functions. Are our ‘outdated’ facilities truly able to handle this amount of activity?” Hontiveros said. “What is baffling is that the Air Traffic Management System should have a backup. Having a totally non functioning radar system is not only dangerous for air travel but is a concern of national security. With this incident, we seriously need to take back vital utilities such as NGCP which could cripple the whole country’s economy and is also a national security concern,” he said.
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