A member of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 4's security monitoring team earned praise from a passenger whose P40,000 was recovered and returned by the airport personnel.

The Office of Transportation Security identified on Monday the honest personnel as Dian Mahinay who was manning the X-ray machine at NAIA 4 when the money tied with rubber bands fell under the machine last 20 October.

Mahinay immediately coordinated with the airport's lost and found section to page the owner of the cash.

A 73-year-old male passenger, identified as Andres Laforteza Gutierrez, claimed the money and thanked Mahinay.