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Air traffic needs systems upgrade, new backup to avoid another flight fiasco: CAAP

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<p>MANILA - The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said on Wednesday that an upgrade and new backup are needed in the country&#x27;s air traffic system to avoid a repeat of the New Year&#x27;s Day flight fiasco. </p><p>CAAP said improvements are needed in the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) to prevent another technical glitch.</p><p>Hundreds of flights and thousands of passengers were affected by a technical issue on New Year&#x27;s Day due to a power supply glitch in the system that monitor&#x27;s the country&#x27;s entire airspace.</p><p>In a hearing with the Houe Committee on Transportation, CAAP Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo said they have identified several needed improvements to the CNS/ATM.</p><p>“To avoid this kind of circumstance recurring, we recommend the following plans for the CNS/ATM: restore and enhance to its original design before the incident, procurement of the multi-mode fallback system which is considered a systems upgrade,” Tamayo said. </p><p>“We are also looking at] the construction of an independent backup for CNS/ATM, and hiring of a third party contractor to provide oversight,” he added.</p><p>CAAP earlier said its system was already lagging when it was first used in 2019. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/01/23/naia-now-partially-operational-following-new-years-day-crisis">NAIA operations back to normal following New Year’s Day crisis</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/02/23/new-year-fiasco-highlights-need-for-airport-improvements-pcci">New Year fiasco underscores need for airport upgrades: business group</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/02/23/caap-urges-govt-to-improve-air-traffic-system">CAAP urges gov&#x27;t to improve air traffic system; says power backup also failed</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Odyp4vucykU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

CAAP said on Wednesday that an upgrade and new backup are needed in the country's air traffic system to avoid a repeat of the New Year's Day flight fiasco. 