Senate President Miguel Zubiri signaled readiness to actively participate in the Senate Public Services Committee inquiry on Thursday into the New Year’s aviation fiasco involving the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Know more:
SENATE President Miguel Zubiri signaled readiness to actively participate in the Senate Public Services Committee inquiry on Thursday into the New Year’s aviation fiasco involving the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines , that paralyzed air traffic control and navigation systems, disrupting nearly 300 flights and stranding 65,000 passengers.
For her part, Poe said, “While I preside over the hearing, we are keen to learn what really happened?”Poe added her initial reaction was it could be “a sabotage,” adding: “That was my first instinct and if it was incompetence then people should be fired.” “Imagine, if that were true, that the wrong switches were applied, that is crazy, is it not?” Zubiri asked, partly in Filipino, referring to the mind-boggling excuse given that a faulty circuit breaker led to greater damage to vital equipment, instead of resolving the instant crisis.
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