NAIA operations temporarily suspended due to lightning alert

NAIA operations temporarily suspended due to lightning alert

NAIA operations temporarily suspended due to lightning alert

Flight and floor operations on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have been briefly suspended on Sunday night, as a Lightning Red Alert was raised because of the prevailing climate circumstances.

In an advisory, the MIAA mentioned the crimson alert was issued at 6:23 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, prompting the suspension of operations as a security measure to forestall untoward incidents in the course of the prevalence of lightning.

The alert was then lowered to yellow alert standing at 7:13 p.m., permitting operations to renew.

Further particulars on the flights affected weren’t instantly accessible.

The NAIA serves because the nation’s principal gateway, with the most recent information accessible exhibiting that it recorded 3.666 million passengers and 22,816 flights in April. — DVM, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com