Power outage in Philippines cripples airport
Frustration : Passengers and airline staffs enduring the heat inside the domestic airport terminal in Manila yesterday. Hundreds of travellers were stranded due to a power interruption.Picture: AFP
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A POWER outage crippled Manila's main domestic air terminal yesterday causing more than 50 flights to be delayed, officials said.
Hundreds of travellers were left stranded in the run-down domestic terminal where services were brought to a standstill for most of the day.
Some 54 flights by domestic carriers Asian Spirit and Cebu Pacific were delayed, the Manila International Airport Authority said in an advisory.
"We are experiencing a technical problem at the Manila domestic airport," the advisory said.
"We appeal to the public to bear with us as we try to put into place our rehabilitation programme for the old domestic terminal," it added.
The power outage was caused when the airport's main circuit breaker malfunctioned at dawn, and electricity was cut off from the domestic terminal.
"The circuit breaker short-circuited, we are now trying to fix it to restore power supply," said Bing Lina, the airport's assistant general manager for operations. He said back-up generators were providing limited electricity but computers were still not functioning.
TV footage showed visibly irate and perspiring passengers spilling onto the waiting area outside the terminal.AFP
Hundreds of travellers were left stranded in the run-down domestic terminal where services were brought to a standstill for most of the day.
Some 54 flights by domestic carriers Asian Spirit and Cebu Pacific were delayed, the Manila International Airport Authority said in an advisory.
"We are experiencing a technical problem at the Manila domestic airport," the advisory said.
"We appeal to the public to bear with us as we try to put into place our rehabilitation programme for the old domestic terminal," it added.
The power outage was caused when the airport's main circuit breaker malfunctioned at dawn, and electricity was cut off from the domestic terminal.
"The circuit breaker short-circuited, we are now trying to fix it to restore power supply," said Bing Lina, the airport's assistant general manager for operations. He said back-up generators were providing limited electricity but computers were still not functioning.
TV footage showed visibly irate and perspiring passengers spilling onto the waiting area outside the terminal.AFP
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