The journalist was left on the plane after it arrived at the airport.
The security correspondent, who uses a wheelchair, was stuck on the plane after he flew to the West Sussex airport.
The passenger with restricted mobility died at the airport. He fell on the escalator after leaving the plane.
In the last few years, he has been left on flights at UK airports.
He posted a picture from inside the plane with no other passengers in sight.
FFS not again! Just back from exhausting week covering NATO summit in Madrid and quelle surprise, Im still stuck on the plane at Gatwick. Iberia crew are gone and a new crew has come onboard. Just WHY are UK airports so consistently crap at getting disabled people off planes ? pic.twitter.com/KuJz4eIJCy
— Frank Gardner (@FrankRGardner) June 30, 2022
He wrote that he didn't think it would happen again. After covering the Nato summit in Madrid I am stuck at the airport.
There is a new crew on board after the Iberia crew left.
Why are UK airports so bad at removing people from planes?
He said that it happened only in the UK.
After leaving the plane, he wrote, "Off the plane now, only a 20-minute delay which is mild, but ground handler said nobody told them there was a disabled passenger onboard."
They said they did.
It's boring and tedious.
A spokesman for the airport apologized for the delay Mr.Gardner experienced.
Wilson James has been working with us to establish the reasons for this.
There was no special assistance booking from the airline at this point in time.
As soon as we were made aware, the team responded and MrGardner received assistance.
We try to provide the best possible service to all passengers so will continue to look into this with Wilson James and the airline concerned.
We apologize for any delay Mr. Gardner experienced when he returned from Madrid.
After he was shot by al- Qaeda in 2004, he was partially paralysed.
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