This is what happens when everybody is programmed to bow to the emperor all the time:
By Nikko Dizon
MANILA–Which should be given priority on the runway? A Lear jet taking off with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on board or an incoming long haul Airbus 340 ferrying 231 passengers that is running low on fuel?
This was the question posed by an official of the Airline Operators Council (AOC) after a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain was reportedly denied landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) because Arroyo was using the runway for her flight to Davao City on Wednesday to stand as a wedding sponsor.
The AOC is also complaining about long queues at the departure immigration counters and a defective baggage facility that have delayed outbound flights.
“Even if the President’s plane was already taxiing but the pilot (of the other aircraft) declared he was low on fuel, the latter should have been allowed to land,” Leoncio Nakpil, AOC chairman and Gulf Air security chief in Manila, told reporters.
It is, by all intents and purposes, already considered a “distress call” for an emergency landing, Nakpil said.
Nakpil said the Air Transportation Office (ATO) should explain why flight GF 154 was not allowed to land. It was also told that it was sixth in line for landing. (The Philippine Daily Inquirer tried but failed to reach ATO chief, Nilo Jatico, for comment on Sunday.
The pilot then decided to divert Flight GF 154 to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) at Clark Field in Pampanga. At this point, Nakpil said, GF 154 technically became a “missing plane” for 15 minutes, the time wherein the aircraft was repositioning for landing at the DMIA.
“I thought it was only delayed because of the presidential movement, until [retired] Gen. [Ange]) Atutubo [airport security chief] called me up asking where GF 154 was,” Nakpil said.
Soon after, Nakpil said, Gulf Air Manila received an “operations flash” from its headquarters in Bahrain that GF 154 had “diverted to the DMIA due to a presidential movement.” (An aircraft is equipped with a device that sends a signal to its headquarters on its location, Nakpil explained.)
“There was confusion. Nobody told us that the aircraft had diverted to Clark. Not even the MIAA (Manila International Airport Authority) knew the flight was diverted,” Nakpil said.
“It was tantamount to endangering the lives of all the passengers and crew. What if the plane lost fuel and crashed?” an irate Nakpil said.
“The pilot said the air traffic controller was actually very accommodating. But somewhere, somehow, his request was suddenly denied supposedly because the runway was closed for President Arroyo’s flight,” Nakpil said.
Arroyo left Wednesday afternoon on board the Lear jet for Davao to stand as one of the principal sponsors in the wedding of the son of House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles.
Landing at the DMIA for refueling and going back to the NAIA entailed Gulf Air having to file a new flight plan and also pay for landing fees, among other things to be done.
For protocol and security reasons, the NAIA runways are closed when there the President is arriving or leaving by air.
But Nakpil stressed that international aviation rules dictate that regardless of whether there is a VIP movement, emergency situations are also given priority.
“An aircraft running low on fuel is considered an emergency situation,” he said.
The airport runway is under the ATO’s jurisdiction.
Nevertheless, an MIAA official said the airport authority was investigating the incident.
Nakpil said that ideally, the presidential flight should have given way to the distressed aircraft.
08 January 2007
Hehehehehehehe………….. the leprechaun’s people are willing to sacrifice the lives of many people rather that her’s even if her plane has not yet taken-off. The same situation applies to all Filipinos, she is welling to sacrifice the lives of all Filipino’s for her sake and her hoods sake. That is the sorry state of us Filipinos.
She will do everything to survive.
prans
feeling kasi ng bruhang si gloria ay reyna siya at pag-aari niya ang buong pilipinas. kaya walang pakiaalam sa buhay ng iba. dapat patalsikin sa pwesto at parusahan ang lahat na naglagay sa panganib sa buhay ng mahigit 200 katao. unahin nang patalsikin ang bruha, sabi nga ni anna, patalsikin in mid-air habang lumilipad ang eroplano. kung sa dagat man yan bumagsak, kahit mga pating iisnabin siya kasi malalason lang sila sa itim ng budhi ng bruha!
bukas lang, maghuhugas kamay na naman iyan. sasabihin niya wala siyang alam & nobody informed her. another, i am sorry speech, megged and directed by lupita. kaka-new year pa lang, uso na kaagad ang mga hudas at pontio pilato. sabagay, with this regime of the bruha, araw-araw semana santa. si gloria ang pinakamabigat na krus na pinapasan ng ng taumbayan mula 2001 hanggang kasalukuyan. huwag na natin paabutin sa 2010, hane. patalsikin ang bruha, litisin at pagbayarin!
This fake president’s priority is her own, nothing but her own self. She is the number threat to people’s lives. She’s so desperate to win that a mere wedding almost cost human lives. Damn her!
This stupidy and arrogance of Glueria should be picked up by the international wires. Ibang klaseng news ito sa totoo lang!
Simply shows that anyone’s safety is not that important compares to some politicians, that everyone so scared to displease the Empress even to the extent of jeopardizing the safety of traveling public.
And that is unacceptable. Safety Issues knows no Kings and Queens in Modern Days, and Gloria is No Queen and not even Respected, or until Today her Legitimacy still in Question and even if she is the President, the safety of the Traveling Public should have priority over her delayed flight. This issue should not relegated to the back burner, but investigated, otherwise, who would like to fly down to the country when every time the President takes off for some weeding or baptismal to attend, the aircraft passengers are putting their lives into God’s hands.
Oopps..number one threat..
Naku, kung siya ay walang-alam na naman sa pangyayaring ito, hindi lang siya nagkukunwari kundi tanga na retard pa! bwisit na Glueria!
I agree with prans’ allegory. This is typical of Arroyo and her supporters’ lack of empathy towards the majority’s situation. The passengers of the lear jet, Arroyo and her privileged minority, are given priority while the passengers of the fuel-starved Airbus are left to their own devices.
this incident should merit outrage and protest from the international community. malapit nang bumagsak ang bruha. there’s no turning point and redemption left for the evil one. siya na mismo ang naglalagay ng lubid pambigti sa sarili niya. despicable, horrible!
hindi sa ipinagdarasal o gugustuhin kong nagkaroon sana ng malagim na trahedya bunga ng panibagong kapalpakan ng mga nagsisipsip sa baliw na babaeng mukhang daga sa malakanyang na ayaw umalis sa kanyang lungga, subalit isa sana itong napakalaking mantsa sa kanyang pinakabulok na pamamahala.
subalit isa na ito sa mga batayan upang maging tampulan ng pagkutya mula sa pamunuan ng ibang bansa ang palpak na gobyerno ng walanghiya!
Since the Despicable One has started to endanger lives and causing havoc in the airline industry by her domestic jet-setting ways, I think it’s time for her to stay put in her fortress by the Pasig and just enjoy the smell and sights of the murky river.
Imagine spending thousands upon thousands of taxpayers’ money just to attend a Nograles wedding. How many more weddings this year are on her schedule?
In fairness kay gloria on this incident, maaaring hindi naman niya alam ang sitwasyon that time. Ang problema dahil nga sa kaniyang prima dona attitude, at katarayan, itong mga alipores niya ay gumagawa ng mga ganito ka-bone-head na hakbang. Ngayon, kung talaga naman na hands-on si gloria tulad ng kaniyang pinagyayabang parati, at nakita naman natin na totoo dahil nga nuong 2004 Presidential election ay hands-on siya sa ginawang pandaraya, aba’y talaga naman na ang babaeng ito na may ubod itim na gilagid ay ubod lamang ng walanghiya at mapanlinlang. Bakit ka nyo, Gulf Air iyong eroplano, natural mente majority ng pasahero nuon ay tiyak na mga OFWs na galing MidEast, the same OFWs na kamakailan lamang matapos ang ka-poot cha-cha nila ay pinakitang sinusuyo at sinasalubong pa ng banda ng musiko ni gloria sa NAIA at Terminal 2 na may kasama pang pa-raffle ng pampasaherong jeep at tricycle. Pero dahil medyo tingin ni gloria ay lumipas na ang nagbadyang bagyo sa kaniyang buhay pulitika, eto na naman po ang pandak at astang reyna na naman. Feeling president ng USofA ang ale. Dahil ang Air Force One ng Amerika, kapag padating o paalis sa isang paliparan, lahat ng in-bound traffic ay kaagad inilalagay sa on-hold o di kaya’s ipinapa-divert. Pero maryosep naman, iyon ay estilo ng Secret Service ng USA, dahil talaga namang maraming banta sa seguridad ng isang pangulo ng Estados Unidos. Pero kay reyna pandak, na makikipagpiging lamang sa kaniyang tuta na si nograles, at ilagay sa bingit ng kamatayan ang mga pasahero at crew ng eroplano na iyon, talaga po naman, patawarin ako pero dapat tama lang pala ang nagawa kong pagsabi nuong mapanuod ko sa TV Patrol ang balita nuong pagpunta ni gloria at ng kaniyang kosorte na balyena duon sa pakasal ni nograles. Nang ipakita kasi na kaagad umalis si gloria sa pagtitipon, at kumakaway pa itong sumasakay sa kaniyang eroplano, nasambit ko na sige kaway at sana’y maglaho na lamang iyang eroplano mo, napagalitan pa ak ng aking maybahay, dahil masama daw ang mag-isip ng masama sa kapwa, pero kung ganito naman talaga ng klase ng nilalang ang makikita mo, sana po mabali ang dalawang pakpak ng eroplano niyang sasakyan.
kung ako ang piloto ng flight na ‘yun, ipo-forced landing ko ang aking eroplano upang malaman nilang wala sa tama ang naging priority ng mga sipsip na controller.
importante pa sa knila ang isang salot kaysa mga disenteng tao. pwe!!!
In our place of work, if safety is the issue, not even the copmpany ceo can tell an emlpoyee to do things he or she believes unsafe, and that is true to all politicians, even the Queen, I mean the real Queen.
Agree ako sa iyo, Vic.
Unfortunately, not very true in the Philippines. Nakakalungkot…
No, Spartan, the Great Switik, is capable of this blunder, lack of propriety and lack of concern for the welfare of others because she can think of only her own vain ego.
Blame her parents, maybe, for spoiling her. This reminds me in fact of a story related by a columnist who told of how this spoiled brat would go on a tantrum when she was a kid when she could not get what she wanted, and the parents would go frantic trying to pacify her. I understand she does it still!
Ikaw na ang maging katulong niya na palaging nababato kapag hindi siya sinunod agad! Ganoon katupak ang ulo niyan according to people who know her very well.
I’ve initially posted the above topic in another thread. But thanks for posting it here again. It would be best if the news is played in foreing media. Hayaan natin pagtawanan at magalit kay Arroyo ang mga ibang bansa. That incident clearly manifested Arroyo’s selfishness. All she cares is about herself and her throne.
I’m lost on how ATO conducts it’s business, and how they define emergency situations. Telling the Airbus pilot it was sixth in the line for landing only means the the “distress call” was considered a joke. Fear of royal reprisal they would say – well, that’s not a joke.
di ba sabi ko na nga noon pa na siya ang presidente daw na ang tantrums ay mas masahol pa sa isang kindergarten child? parang kalabasa, umuusad, humahaba ang puno pero naiiwan ang bunga.
spartan, kung mababali lang ang pakpak na kanyang sinasakyan, makakaligtas pa’t makakasalba dahil pwede pang parasyut. mas maganda kung sumabog na lang sa highest altitude para siguradong sasbog pati maitim niyang kaluluwa.
naku! baka makasuhan ako ng marder nito!
… pakpak ng kanyang sinasakyan…….
…siguradong sasabog pati….
“For protocol and security reasons, the NAIA runways are closed when there the President is arriving or leaving by air.”
How primitive!
Spartan,
Re “In fairness kay gloria on this incident, maaaring hindi naman niya alam ang sitwasyon that time.”
This now warrants an apology from Gloria, don’t you think?
She should go on TV and pronounce “I’m sorry” again.
You bet, Anna, but primitive is not the word apt to be used for this. It is plain and simple abuse.
PM Abe, for example, do not go around Tokyo escorted except for a guard or two when attending affairs of personal nature that they often avoid when they are serving a high position in the land.
I meet a lot of our lawmakers in fact on the train when they commute to work because of parking problem, and gas for personal cars are not paid for by the Diet to avoid public scrutiny. Ganyan sana sa Pilipinas.
Iyong walanghiya and family kung umasta akala mo sila na ang may-ari ng buong Pilipinas. If that is not abuse, what is? Pakapalan pa ng mukha! No, the switik does not deserve any fairness considering the fact that she has not been voted by the people at all, and she became president only by grabbing, cheating, and worse, trampling upon the Constitution to be president. And she is not removed from office because those who can do not do something about it, (1) because they are part and parcel of the deception and gain financially and enormously for retaining her in office, (2) afraid to get at a disadvantage as those Oppositionists who boycotted the Impeachment for instance, (3) afraid to get killed as the victims of the extrajudicial killings, and worse (4) simple indifference because they think what happens in politics in the Philippines is not their problem as the indifferent OFWs I’ve met in Japan.
O ano, magha-hay-hay na lang ba tayo?
Sorry if I’m saying this: Sana sumabog na ang ang eroplano niya pero lahat ligtas maliban siya. O sana nahulog na lang siya. When there’s an emergency or distress call, protocol is set aside. Puwede naman ma-delay ang paglipad ng eroplano ni Arroyo. She’s not flying to a very urgent meeting that involves national security. She was flying to attend a wedding somewhere in the South yata. Siguro ninang siya. So what? People’s lives are much more important than the wedding she was attending.
mandirigma Says: “She’s not flying to a very urgent meeting that involves national security.”
kahit naman siguro urgent meeting involving national security ay hindi maituturing na dahilan upang hayaan na lamang malagay sa panganib ang buhay ng daang tao. ano na ba naman ang sampung minutong mabalam ang lipad ng bampira este eroplano pala ni gloria?
sobrang over acting na mga laos namang mga tinamaan ng kulog na sipsip sa pekeng bogus na huwad na pangulo daw ng pilipinas gayung inagawa lamang naman ang puwesto at nandaya sa halalan. sagad butong talipandas na’y wala pang urbanidad!
…gayung inagaw lamang naman ang puwesto…….
hirap ng laging binabantayan ng IT personnel. daming mali!
haaaay, buhay.
Kunyari ako si GMA.
Siya sige, huwag na kayong magalit, Ellen’s bloggers. Alam ko namang sinusubaybayan ninyo ang lakat na kilos ko. Kayo talaga, kahit pagsakay ko sa eroplano pinunpuna ninyo. Sige ayos na ba ang kamera?
I am sorry!
Nagtataka naman ako, galing pala sa Bahrain ang eroplanong yon, bakit hindi sila nagdala ng maraming fuel, eh nasa kanila ang mina. Mga gunggong talaga. Walang sariling pag-iisip. Pero ok naman at nandoon sila sa DMIA, Diosdado Macapagal International Airport. Kahit saan sila pumunta, makikita nila ang pangalang Macapagal. Dito sa Kamaynilaan, ang pinakamahal na kalsada sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas, ang Diosdado Macapagal Highway.
At malay ko bang may nakasakay na OFW sa eroplanong yon. Di ba before Christmas, sinalubong ko na sila sa NAIA? Nagpa-kodak pa nga ako para may souvenir sila. At yong mga nakasakay na OFW na taga Regions 1, 2 & 3, aba’y laking ginhawa ninyo, napalapit na kayo.
Sa totoo lang, mas importante ang lakad ko sa Davao. Hindi lang ako pupunta dahil wedding sponsor ako. Kakausapin ko ang ibang lider pulitiko dahil natunugan kong babaligtad na sila at lilipat sa oposisyon. Hindi pwede yon. Malaki na ang puhunan ko sa kanila. Noong kasagsagan ng kampanya sa PI, nagpamudmod ako ng katakot-takot na salapi ng bayan para makakalap ng pirma. Hindi naman nila ginamit yong perang ibinigay ko, ibinulsa lang nila. Kaya, sisingilin ko sila. At dahil malapit na sa Bukidnon, malamang magkita kami ng numero uno kong phone pal, si Garcillano.
Muli ko siyang babatiin ng Hello, Garci!!
Mrivera,
Kaya sipsip ang pilot at mga comptroller ay nais nilang mapansin para ma-promote sa posisyon o makabahagi sa perang pinamumudmod ng reyna engkantada.
Wala na, hanggang kaibuturan ng buto ng mga taong ito ay infected na ni Glueria.
He he he. Nag papa-importante lang si Gloria. Wala kasi namamansin !
Chabeli,
Wala nang namamansin ke Glueria? Masamang pangitain ‘yan! Heheh.
anna, if indeed gloria was not aware at that time that her private flight was causing a serious problem, and by now she would have learned about it, yes she should start going on TV not only on the national networks, but also in the international, and show her FAMAS award dramatic acting of “I’m sorry”. But knowing her mentality, she would surely just shrug it off her shoulder, thinking no harm’s done on those passengers. Although lives were at stake in that incident, it’s a good example of gloria’s bad attitudes that could be exposed and attract attentions outside the Philippines.
Mang Rivera, binabantayan ka kamo ng IT personnel? Bakit IT hindi ET? Siguro kamag-anak ni Ate Ellen iyong IT ano?
Spartan, Gloria is truly her mother’s daughter and the worse thing is Gloria’s perfected the art of being BASTOS!
joeseg, maganda kung makukuha mo na mag-monologue niyan si Ate Glow ng ABS-CBN, o kaya kahit iyong bata na laging gumagaya kay gloria sa Goin’ Bulilit. 😛
Spartan,
Kung i-mimic ni Yuko si Glueria ay akala mo iyong tiyanak ang nagsasalita talaga.
and anna, yes on what you said. Remember the incident that Ma’m Ellen just told us here, during the taping of their show with Maan Hontiveros on ANC? Plus, that pagsesermon that she did with a GMA reporter that was caught on hidden video during her visit in Mindoro a few years back, if I remember it right, it was even before the 2004 Presidential Election. Tapos, ang nakakatawa sa kaniya, nag-guest siya sa radio show ni Mike “Ehehem Excuse Me Po!” Enriquez at sumipsip pa na sinabing malayong number 1 station ang GMA kaysa sa ABS-CBN. Bastos talaga ang aleng may napakaitim na gilagid na ito.
sino ba nakaka-alam dito ng Mamburao Airport(MBO)?
noong Oct 17,2003 na nandito si Georgie, diba ginamit ang MBO?
Walang pinagkaiba sina George Jr. at GMA , parehas na nandaya.
Iisang date lang ang panunumpa nila sa katungkulan noong 2001.
Spartan, it’s Pia Hontiveros, who is the host of Strictly Politics. Not Maan. They are cousins.