MRT-3 (File photo from Philippine Daily Inquirer)
An official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has defended the latest mechanical glitch of the Metro Rail Transit-3 that broke its 29-day trouble-free run.
According to DOTr Communications Director Goddes Libiran, it was still 鈥渘ot a bad accomplishment鈥� that the MRT-3 suffered electrical failure 29 days after running without any incident of unloading its passengers.
On Wednesday, DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade boasted of MRT-3鈥檚 longest glitch-free streak since 2011.
READ: MRT-3 has longest 鈥榥o unloading鈥� streak at 29 days 鈥� Tugade
The next day, however, it unloaded 420 passengers at the Araneta Center-Cubao Station due to an electrical failure.
READ: MRT-3 unloads 420 passengers at Araneta Center-Cubao station
鈥溾�榊un na ang pinakamahabang 鈥榥o unloading incident streak鈥� since 2011. Hindi na po siguro masamang accomplishment 鈥榶un,鈥� Libiran told 黑料社 on Friday.
(That鈥檚 the longest 鈥渘o unloading incident streak鈥� since 2011. Maybe that鈥檚 not a bad accomplishment already.)
Libiran said MRT-3 passengers normally experience around three malfunctions a day.
鈥淧lease note that even at the beginning, we were very clear in saying that unloading incidents can happen anytime. It happens even in first world countries,鈥� Libiran noted.
鈥淲hat we, at the DOTr MRT-3, do is work harder to employ all strategies and needed work to make sure that we prevent it from happening again as much as we can,鈥� the DOTr official added. Cathrine Gonzales聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽/kga