Updated
by Francine Ciasico
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Senate to investigate the state of airports in Metro Manila after the Chinese plane crash at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), which took place on Thursday night.
Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a Twitter post, Gatchalian wrote: "Last month I filed Senate Resolution No. 782 to ask the @senatePH to change the current status of Metro Manila airports. investigations to assist the government in drawing up a concrete plan to improve air transport in the capital. "
" The closure of NAIA due to the Xiamen Air incident underlines the importance of immediately upgrading the air transport infrastructure in Manila, "the Senator explained. 19659007] "We have to build better airports and more runways to keep up with the steadily rising air traffic above our airspace," he continued.
"Improving our air transport infrastructure is crucial for promoting economic growth and development of tourism," Senator pointed out.
"The most important thing is to make sure that accidents such as these can not paralyze air transport to and from the US capital," Gatchalian added.
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