To prevent a repeat of the January 1 technical glitch which disrupted hundreds of flights and inconvenienced thousands of passengers.
TO prevent a repeat of the January 1 technical glitch which disrupted hundreds of flights and inconvenienced thousands of passengers, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines on Wednesday asked the House of Representatives to help them implement plans to upgrade the country’s Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management System, including procurement of the Ultimate Fallback System.
“[We also need to do] procurement of the Ultimate Fallback System, which is considered a system upgrade and construction of an Independent Back-up for the current CNS-ATM,” said Tamayo.“It is true that any man-made equipment can’t be 100 percent perfect all the time, but we want the public to know that we shall do the best we can in order to provide an efficient service to our country and the aviation sector,” said Tamayo.
“Please take note that it was never our intention to do so. The differences in the reports are due to our bid to be transparent to the public, that we provide updates to the media and other government agencies as they happen,” he said. “There were intervals in our official reports as our controllers, engineers, and technical staff were all working together to ensure the safety of all aircraft queued for landing and to quickly restore power without further damaging our vital equipment,” Tamayo explained.
According to Tamayo, the external investigation handled by other government agencies is still ongoing.
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