CAAP installs CCTV in air traffic equipment room

CAAP installs CCTV in air traffic equipment room

CAAP installs CCTV in air traffic equipment room

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has put in CCTV items  in its air visitors tools rooms after Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri referred to as out the company amid the technical glitch on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport that shut down Philippine airspace on New Year’s Day.

CAAP director normal Manuel Antonio Tamayo had stated in the course of the Senate listening to on Thursday that there was no CCTV protection within the tools rooms, however that there have been cameras protecting different areas of the power.

Zubiri thanked the CAAP officers for his or her rapid response, saying that it was “better late than never.”

“Salamat sa CAAP at inaksyonan nila ngayong araw ang utos natin kahapon sa Senado na lagyan agad ng CCTV cameras sa mga sensitibo and kritikal na areas na nakalagay ang ating Communication Navigation Surveillance and Air Traffic Management equipment,” Zubiri stated in an announcement on Friday.

“Sana nalagyan na yan dati pa ng CCTV para nalaman natin kung ano talaga nangyari noong January 1. Pero ‘Better late than Never,’” he added.

He stated that the director normal has despatched him photographs that each one 5 cameras have been being put in on the tools room the place the circuit breaker is situated.

The Senate public providers committee on Thursday launched an investigation into the fiasco that occurred within the nation’s predominant gateway on January 1.

At least 282 flights have been canceled, diverted, or delayed on New Year’s Day because the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) recorded a technical situation on the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) at 9:50 a.m. Some 56,000 passengers have been affected on the NAIA.—LDF, GMA Integrated News