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Passengers flock to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on March 27, 2024. An influx of passengers is anticipated as many head to the provinces for the Holy Week weekend. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Johnson Manabat

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<p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATE 3</strong>) — The cooling system at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 is now working, airport authorities said on Wednesday.</p><p>The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said the entire centralized cooling system of the NAIA Terminal 3 is now operational after over 16 hours of upgrade works. </p><p>Starting at 1:30 p.m., the cooling towers were slowly energized to cool down temperatures in the terminal.</p><p>Cooler temperatures were felt after 7 p.m., but the MIAA management said it was not yet the optimal temperature inside the airport.</p><p>&quot;Hanggang kaninang mga alas-7, ang expected namin ay sana gumanda ang temperatura namin pero [nito lang], ang measurement ng karamihan ay 26 degrees. Hindi pa &#x27;yun ang dapat na katamtaman na temperatura para maganda at maginhawa ang buong terminal,&quot; MIAA General Manager Eric Ines said in TeleRadyo Serbisyo&#x27;s Johnson Ikwento Mo, Wednesday evening.</p><p>&quot;Kasi kung bibiglain &#x27;yun, baka mamaya masira pa bigla &#x27;yung bagong cooling towers natin. Siguro mga 3 or 4 hours pa and around midnight gaganda na ang temperatura sa ating terminal,&quot; he added.</p><p>The MIAA earlier said it needed to temporarily shut down the cooling towers for 12 hours from 9 p.m. on July 16 to 9 a.m. on July 17 as part of the final step for the installation of its new 6 cooling towers.</p><p>However, the upgrade of the cooling system took longer than planned.</p><p>&quot;Inunti-unti &#x27;yung paggamit sa cooling towers. Kaninang tanghali, akala namin kaya ng dalawang oras pero sabi ng mga engineer unti-untiin natin,&quot; Ines said.</p><div><strong>PASSENGERS, STAFF ENDURE HEAT</strong></div><p>Some 37,000 passengers were affected by the discomfort brought by the update.</p><p>Affected areas included NAIA Terminal 3’s check-in counters, immigration departure, final security checks for domestic and international flights, baggage carousels for international and domestic arrivals, and the arrival lobby.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/16/init-sa-naia-3-cooling-system-pinatay-pansamantala-738">Init sa NAIA-3: Cooling system pinatay pansamantala</a></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1813331519412593147&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-07-17T03%3A01%3A27.874798%3A51229360-dd5d-4a02-9cb9-6c382306fcd1%26action%3Dview&amp;sessionId=f63f43c1d942c20cd383311297c66e591bed917e&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:624px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1813331519412593147"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>Connie Vinluan, a native of Digos City in Davao, said she just came home from a group tour in Da Nang, Vietnam. Vinluan said she was not expecting this situation at the airport.</p><p>&quot;Sobrang naano ako, nahihilo, masyadong mainit,&quot; Vinluan told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>(The heat is making me dizzy.)</p><p>Arceli Lee, meanwhile, drank from her water jug to try to cool down. </p><p>&quot;Mahirap. Mainit, hindi convenient talaga. Parang hinihinila ang pakiramdam,&quot; Lee said.</p><p>According to MIAA, it has distributed free bottled water to some passengers at the airport to relieve them from the uncomfortable heat conditions.</p><p>The agency added that its medical team was placed on high alert for passengers who might feel extreme discomfort during the cooling system shutdown.</p><p>According to MIAA, the total contract price for the installation of its cooling system is P198 million, including the cost of the installation of 6 new cooling towers.</p><p>Senator Grace Poe meanwhile criticized what happened at NAIA saying repairs or upgrades of any facility should be done without causing interruption to the regular operations of the airport and inconvenience to travelers.</p><p>&quot;Certainly, an aircon-less terminal is not the warm welcome that travelers look forward when they use our airports or when they come to the Philippines,&quot; Poe said in a statement.</p><p>The MIAA meanwhile said no flights were disrupted by the cooling system upgrade.</p><div><strong>- With a report from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3063000"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>

<p>Thousands of passengers and airport staff earlier endured sweltering heat inside NAIA Terminal 3 as the air conditioning system was turned off.</p>

Thousands of passengers and airport staff earlier endured sweltering heat inside NAIA Terminal 3 as the air conditioning system was turned off.

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NAIA Terminal 3 aircon now working after 16-hour shutdown: MIAA

Johnson Manabat,

Job Manahan,

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Published Jul 17, 2024 10:46 AM PHT

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Updated Jul 17, 2024 10:09 PM PHT

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