Maghihintay pa ng 72 oras o tatlong araw bago maibalik sa normal ang operasyon ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) kasunod ng pagpalya ngair traffic management system ng Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) nitong Linggo.
Sinabi niManila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Cesar Chiong sa panayam sa telebisyon nitong Lunes, na hindi pa fully operational ang NAIA.
"Prior to yesterday, weacceptabout 20 arrivals per hour. Right now, we are only accepting 15 arrivals per hour but there are no limits on the departures," sabing opisyal.
Aniya, nasa 700 flight ang inaasahan nila nitong Lunes kasunod ng nakanselang biyahe ng libu-libong pasahero nitong Bagong Taon.
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"Based on our experience in the last typhoon it will take about 72 hours for the airlines to normalize their operations, that is the estimate," ani Chiong.
Paliwanag ni Chiong, pumalya ang dalawang unlimited power supply (UPS) na ginamit upang mabigyan ng kuryente ang air traffic management system ng CAAP.
Dahil dito, napilitang gumamit ng commercial power ang CAAP kaya nagkaroon ng power surge.
"There was a power supply issue because the 2 UPS systems that they had which is the primary and the secondary source ay medyo nagfail. 'Yun ang main issue so when they tried to connect to the commercial power. The other problem that they experienced was the over voltage parang nag-380 volts instead of the normal 220 because of the power surge so some of the equipment that they have actually failed so that's part of the main issue why there was no radio, there was no radar, there was no internet and there was no communication," pagdidiin ni Chiong.
Nanagawan pa si Chiong sa mga airline na gumamit ng malalaking eroplano upang kaagad na makabiyahe ang mga stranded na pasahero.
