CAAP takes 'full responsibility' for New Year's airport fiasco

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='ABS-CBN News/File' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/12/20230104-naia-airport-passengers-jc-1297-2.jpg' ><figcaption>Travelers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Jan. 4, 2023. Passengers affected by technical trouble on Jan. 1 had to reschedule their flights. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Thursday apologized anew and took "full accountability" for the massive glitch that paralyzed the country's air traffic on New Year's day."We extend our sincerest apologies to all those inconvenienced and greatly affected by this circumstance, which is something we're not proud of. We take full responsibility and accountability to what happened," CAAP director general Manuel Tamayo said during the Senate public services panel hearing on the incident.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/02/23/sabotage-or-incompetence-probe-sought-over-ny-eve-airport-mess'>'Sabotage or incompetence': Probe sought over PH airport mess on New Year's day</a></li></ul>Panel chairperson Sen. Grace Poe earlier said CAAP was "almost 100 responsible" for the air traffic fiasco that forced hundreds of flights to be canceled, delayed, or diverted, affecting some 65,000 passengers.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/09/23/poe-caap-almost-100-responsible-for-aviation-mess'>Poe: CAAP 'almost 100% responsible' for New Year's Day aviation mess</a></li></ul>CAAP is responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel in the Philippines. Tamayo explained that the glitch was due to a "faulty signal coming from a damaged circuit breaker."The Senate is investigating the incident that bared the supposed "vulnerabilities" of the country's airspace infrastructure system in order to avoid similar incidents in the future.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/11/23/zubiri-says-people-should-be-fired-over-unforgivable-air-traffic-mess'>Zubiri says 'people should be fired' over 'unforgivable' air traffic fiasco</a></li></ul>

Panel chairperson Sen. Grace Poe earlier said CAAP was "almost 100 responsible" for the air traffic fiasco that forced hundreds of flights to be canceled, delayed, or diverted, affecting some 65,000 passengers.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/09/23/poe-caap-almost-100-responsible-for-aviation-mess'>Poe: CAAP 'almost 100% responsible' for New Year's Day aviation mess</a></li></ul>CAAP is responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel in the Philippines. Tamayo explained that the glitch was due to a "faulty signal coming from a damaged circuit breaker."The Senate is investigating the incident that bared the supposed "vulnerabilities" of the country's airspace infrastructure system in order to avoid similar incidents in the future.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/11/23/zubiri-says-people-should-be-fired-over-unforgivable-air-traffic-mess'>Zubiri says 'people should be fired' over 'unforgivable' air traffic fiasco</a></li></ul>

"We extend our sincerest apologies to all those inconvenienced and greatly affected by this circumstance, which is something we're not proud of. We take full responsibility and accountability to what happened," CAAP director general Manuel Tamayo said during the Senate public services panel hearing on the incident.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/02/23/sabotage-or-incompetence-probe-sought-over-ny-eve-airport-mess'>'Sabotage or incompetence': Probe sought over PH airport mess on New Year's day</a></li></ul>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='ABS-CBN News/File' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/12/20230104-naia-airport-passengers-jc-1297-2.jpg' ><figcaption>Travelers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Jan. 4, 2023. Passengers affected by technical trouble on Jan. 1 had to reschedule their flights. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Thursday apologized anew and took "full accountability" for the massive glitch that paralyzed the country's air traffic on New Year's day.

The CAAP on Thursday apologized anew and took 'full accountability' for the massive glitch that paralyzed the country's air traffic on New Year's day.

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CAAP takes 'full responsibility' for New Year's airport fiasco

CAAP takes 'full responsibility' for New Year's airport fiasco