THE Manila Electric Company (Meralco) admitted on Sunday that they were at fault for the more than 30-minute power interruption at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 last Friday, June 9.
In a statement, Meralco said that its subsidiary MServ was testing the terminals' electrical facilities when the power outage occurred.'We are issuing this statement to confirm that MServ, in the presence of MIAA personnel, was conducting testing activities of NAIA Terminal 3's electrical facilities when the brief power outage occurred last Friday,' the company said.
Meralco also dispatched crew on site to assist MServ and MIAA,' it said.Meralco said the report included recommendations to ensure smoother conduct of succeeding audit and testing activities. These include, among others, the holding of meetings among MIAA, MServ and Meralco prior to any activity and conduct of thorough joint inspection of work areas prior to energization of facilities being tested.
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