Cebu Pacific cancels some flights amid NAIA power outage

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<h3>NAIA: Power interruption caused by terminal&#x27;s substation </h3><p>MANILA (UPDATE)— Cebu Pacific on Saturday said it was canceling some of its flights following the power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.</p><p>While the &quot;situation begins to normalize,&quot; Cebu Pacific announced Saturday morning that the following flights were canceled September 17. </p><ul>	<li> 5J 573/574 Manila-Cebu-Manila</li>	<li> 5J 919/920 Manila-Caticlan-Manila</li>	<li> 5J 272/273 Manila-Hong Kong-Manila</li>	<li> 5J 279/280 Manila-Bali-Manila</li></ul><p>A total of 16 international and 15 domestic flights, meanwhile, were affected by the power interruption, NAIA said in a statement. </p><div><strong>DOMESTIC FLIGHTS</strong></div><div><strong>Departure</strong></div><ul>	<li>5J 951 Manila-Davao</li>	<li>5J 473 Manila-Bacolod</li>	<li>5J 381 Manila-Cagayan</li>	<li>5J 635 Manila-Puerto Princesa</li>	<li>5J 961 Manila-Davao</li>	<li>5J 991 Manila-General Santos</li>	<li>5J 451 Manila-Iloilo</li>	<li>5J 551 Manila-Cebu</li>	<li>5J 651 Manila-Tacloban</li>	<li>5J 357 Manila-Roxas</li>	<li>5J 481 Manila-Bacolod</li>	<li>5J 851 Manila-Zamboanga</li></ul><div><strong>Arrival</strong></div><ul>	<li>5J 2506 Cebu-Manila</li>	<li>5J 3966 Davao-Manila</li>	<li>TK 265 Cebu-Manila</li></ul><div><strong>INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS </strong></div><div><strong> Departure</strong></div><ul>	<li>EK 335 Manila-Dubai</li>	<li>QR 929 Manila-Doha</li>	<li>Z2 942 Manila-Kuala Lumpur</li>	<li>TK 265 Manila-Istanbul</li>	<li>5J 929 Manila-Bangkok</li>	<li>5J 813 Manila-Singapore</li>	<li>SQ 915 Manila-Singapore</li>	<li>EK 337 Manila-Dubai</li>	<li>5J 5038 Manila-Nagoya</li></ul><div><strong>Arrival</strong></div><ul>	<li>5J 827 Osaka-Manila</li>	<li>Z2 232 Denpasar-Manila</li>	<li>5J 502 Kuala Lumpur-Manila</li>	<li>5J 804 Singapore-Manila</li>	<li>SQ 918 Singapore-Manila</li>	<li>EK 336 Dubai-Manila</li></ul><p>&quot;Affected passengers on the above flights have been rebooked to the next available flights within the next 24 hours, and have been informed of their new flight schedule,&quot; the airline said in a statement. </p><p>Coordination with Meralco normalized the power supply of portions of NAIA Terminal 3. </p><div><strong> WHAT HAPPENED </strong></div><p>NAIA said power in the terminal has been restored around 6 a.m. The power outage happened around 11 p.m. on Friday night. </p><p>&quot;The power outage disrupted airport operations as the airlines had to resort to manual check-in and loading of baggage while processing of passengers at immigration took longer than usual,&quot; the statement read.<br/> <br/>Transportation Sec. Jaime Bautista, in a phone interview, said he rushed to NAIA Terminal 3 early Saturday as soon as he received the report from the airport&#x27;s general manager Cesar Chiong.<br/> <br/>Initial reports received by Bautista indicated that the power trip out triggered the airport generator to activate but its computer system slowed down due to its system&#x27;s technical requirements.</p><p>However, some areas are still being inspected by airport engineers because of the low voltage disabling some computers at the immigration counters.</p><p>The problem was traced later on to the substation of NAIA Terminal 3, following a joint probe conducted by the Manila International Airport Authority and Meralco. Airline authorities did not elaborate. <br/> <br/>Bautista apologized to the affected passengers and assured the public that authorities are monitoring the situation.</p><div> <br/><strong>—With a report by Raoul Esperas</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED NAIA VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2181327" width="100%"></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>

Transportation Sec. Jaime Bautista has ordered an investigation into the power outage.

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Cebu Pacific cancels some flights amid NAIA power outage

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