DOTr eyes full NAIA electrical system audit after power outage cancels, delays flights anew

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The Department of Transportation is eyeing a full audit of the electrical system at the Terminal 3 of NAIA following a power outage on Monday morning, May 1, that affected more than 9,000 passengers from around 50 flights. ManilaBulletin

DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said they are also planning to include the NAIA Terminals 1 and 2 in the audit which is aimed at determining the worthiness of the entire system, identify what needs to be replaced and eventually ensure that electric system failure will not happen again in the future.“This is something that is already being discussed by our technical people and we will do this as soon as possible,” said Bautista in a press briefing.

It was recalled that the NAIA Terminal 3 underwent a long legal battle between the government and its builder, Philippine International Air Terminals Company Incorporated , which was eventually won by the latter. But initially, Meralco engineer Noel Espiritu told reporters in the press briefing that it started when the fault indication system of the main circuit breaker shut down the system after detecting abnormalities in the flow of electricity within the NAIA Terminal 3 electrical system.

Bautista, for his part, said the power use in the Terminal 3 may have increased overtime due to the presence of a number of concessionaires inside.The power supply at the NAIA Terminal 3 was fully restored at 8:45 a.m. on Monday but Espiritu said there were already pockets of restorations a few hours before the full restoration.

 

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