Following the technical glitch that led to the disruption of flights on New Year’s Day, the CAAP admits that the country’s air traffic management system is outdated. | GabrielLaluINQ
“So as early as the time that we took over, even no less than the Secretary […] already recommended that we come up with a backup system to this equipment before it fails, because it takes so long — inumpisahan mo ng 2010, by the time we got it online it was 2018 already, so we already recommended that to no less than the President,” he added.
The CNS/ATM is the system used by air traffic controllers to direct air traffic within the country’s airspace.The system, worth P10.8 billion, was completed in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency and was seen to boost the safety within the Manila flight information region. However, on Sunday morning, after one of the cooling blowers of the CNS/ATM failed, the uninterruptible power supply of the commercial power supply did not function. Switching to the use of backup power through a generator also failed after the second UPS malfunctioned.
Tamayo said they tried to override the power supply by installing an automatic voltage regulator instead, but the system warned of an overvoltage — it was providing 380 volts for a system that runs on 220 volts. As a result, several key components like the very small aperture terminal , basically a set of satellite dishes used for communication, navigation, and computation of the data, were fried.While flight operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport may have normalized at around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, at least 282 flights and over 56,000 passengers were affected.
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