Information and Communications Technology Secretary Ivan John Uy on Tuesday mentioned an “electromechanical malfunction” had triggered the air visitors system glitch that occurred on New Year’s Day on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
At a Palace press briefing, Uy mentioned the matter was mentioned throughout a latest assembly with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the Department of Transportation.
“We did discuss on the incident that happened last January 1, and so far from the cybersecurity aspect, there doesn’t appear to be any cyber-related incident that triggered the incident,” Uy mentioned.
“It was basically an electromechanical malfunction that triggered the whole incident,” he added.
Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, for his half, mentioned Marcos directed the company to fast-track the association for upkeep supplier Sumitomo-Thales, which is able to modernize the nation’s aviation security system.
“The President is very much aware of what happened, and he supports our recommendation to implement future requirements necessary for the upgrade or improvement of the CNS/ATM (communications, navigation, and surveillance/air traffic management) system, which includes hardware and software maintenance, hardware replacement, ultimate fallback system for software redundancy and the need for an independent CNS/ATM in a separate location,” Bautista mentioned.
The Senate public companies committee has already launched an investigation into the fiasco that occurred within the nation’s fundamental gateway on January 1.
At least 282 flights had been canceled, diverted, or delayed on New Year’s Day because the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) recorded a technical problem on the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) at 9:50 a.m.
Some 56,000 passengers had been affected on the NAIA. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
