Senator Grace Poe over the weekend called for an independent probe into the outage that caused the shutdown of Philippine airspace as the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) cannot be investigating itself.
Senator Grace Poe over the weekend called for an independent probe into the outage that caused the shutdown of Philippine airspace as the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines cannot be investigating itself.
“Pinagkakatiwalaan ko si Secretary Bautista, matagal na ‘yan sa pribadong sektor, iginagalang ‘yan ng marami, siguro puwede siyang magtalaga ng mga puwedeng mag-imbestiga diyan na wala namang kinikilingan,” she added. Tamayo earlier said one of the uninterruptible power supply units failed at around 9:50 a.m. on January 1, and troubleshooting efforts were initiated. Backup systems were not immediately available.
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