ICYMI, a sudden power outage at the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) earlier caused flights to be suspended at NAIA on New Year's Day.
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| Meralco logo and the situation at NAIA earlier |
Meralco claims no trouble, issues, or power outage earlier
In line with this, Manila Electric Company (Meralco) shared an official statement claiming that there were no trouble or issues affecting the company's distribution facilities as well as there is no power outage.
Read its full statement sent to team GIZGUIDE earlier below:
We are closely coordinating with NAIA management regarding the situation. Upon initial analysis, there were no trouble or issues affecting Meralco distribution facilities and no power outage or fluctuation was likewise monitored or reported as far as Meralco's power lines and facilities are concerned. According to news reports based on MIAA statement, there were "technical issues at the Air Navigation Facilities of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)" which affected domestic and international flights.
The electric company also said that they are currently on-site and are ready to provide assistance if needed by airport authorities.
NAIA resumes operations
As of writing, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said that the NAIA has resumed normal operations Sunday afternoon following a power outage that affected flights to and from Manila.
At around 9:49AM local time, the Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) which serves as the facility for controlling and overseeing all inbound and outbound flights and overflights within the Philippine airspace, went down due to power outage, resulting to loss of communication, radio, radar, and internet, Secretary Bautista said in an online press conference.
The primary cause identified was a problem with the power supply and the degraded uninterrupted power supply which had no link to the commercial power and had to be connected to the latter manually. The secondary problem was the power surge due to the power outage which affected the equipment, he added.
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