New Year’s day air traffic horror
It was a disastrous New Year’s day for civil aviation. Authorities could not fully explain why and how it happened. The initial explanation from the government was totally unacceptable.
It was a disastrous New Year’s day for civil aviation. Authorities could not fully explain why and how it happened. The initial explanation from the government was totally unacceptable.
For one, a huge amount of money is spent on these systems. How and why the systems fail so miserably and at the most unholy hour – New Year’s Day, for cryin’ out loud – is a question we must insist on being answered. As truthfully as they can make it. Crisis management BS we don’t need.
A total of 32,000 arrivals were reported on Christmas Eve alone. Majority entered via the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said.
Jose Arturo Tugade has been appointed as the acting general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the Office of the Press Secretary said.
Operations at Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) have been suspended since Sunday night after a Korean passenger airplane overshoots the runway.