THAT's the tack that President Marcos Jr.'s airport officials, particularly his Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista, are using to explain the unprecedented shutdown of the Philippines' airspace on New Year's Day, which resulted in the cancellation of flights to and from Manila, stranding 60,000 passengers.

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