Power outage hits Manila airport (5:22 p.m.)
MANILA — A power outage hampered the operations of the Manila Domestic Airport Tuesday causing a delay in some 50 flights, an airport official said.
TG Serrano, assistant general manager for corporate affairs of the Manila Domestic Airport, said the power outage was due to heat pressures of the summer weather on the airport facilities.
According to Serrano, the airport terminal is expanding and rehabilitating some of its power facilities.
“(During summer months), there has been a lot of pressures on our facilities, especially our cooling equipment, and it’s taking its toll on our electrical wirings,” Serrano said.
It was learned that the airport’s newly installed circuit breaker continued to fail after its first incident last Saturday, which caused a similar power failure at the airport.
He also said the impact of the power failure has affected the entire domestic airport that hampered some 50 domestic flights but it did not affect the airport traffic control, which has its own separate facility.
Pressures on package checking and disruption on counter operation have also caused the delays of flights. However, airport personnel will make sure that there will be no cancellation of flights, he added.
Serrano said passengers are advised to contact their airlines about their specific flight schedules. The affected domestic airlines are Cebu Pacific, Asian Spirit, and SeAir.
Airport authorities, together with police and transportation officials, are in a crisis mode to ensure passengers’ safety or security. (Sunnex)
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