The security correspondent, who uses a wheelchair, was trapped on the plane after flying to West Sussex airport with the Iberia Express on Thursday night. A passenger with limited mobility died in Gatwick on June 15. He fell while climbing an escalator after leaving an aircraft without an assistant. Gardner has been dropped off on planes at UK airports several times in recent years. During the latest incident, he posted a picture on Twitter from inside the aircraft without other passengers being seen. FFS not again! Just back from the exhausting week covering the NATO summit in Madrid and the surprise, I’m still stuck on the plane in Gatwick. The Iberia crew is gone and a new crew has boarded. Just WHY are UK airports so bad at getting people with disabilities off the planes? pic.twitter.com/KuJz4eIJCy – Frank Gardner (@FrankRGardner) June 30, 2022 He wrote: “FFS not again! Just back from the exhausting week covering the NATO summit in Madrid and the surprise, I’m still stuck on the plane in Gatwick. “The Iberia crew is gone and a new crew is on board. “WHY are UK airports so permanently stupid in removing people with disabilities from airplanes?” He added: “It never happens abroad, only in the United Kingdom.” As soon as he was able to leave the plane, Gardner wrote: “Except for the plane now – only a 20-minute delay which is mild – but ground officials said ‘no one told us there was a disabled passenger’. “Iberia insists they did it. “Overall, so tedious and boring!” A Gatwick spokesman said: “We apologize for Mr Gardner’s delay in this case. “We are working closely with our aid provider, Wilson James, to identify the reasons for this. “At this stage, there does not appear to have been any booking of special assistance from the airline for Mr Gardner. “However, as soon as we were informed, the team responded and Mr Gardner received help within 20 minutes. “We strive to provide the best possible service to all passengers, so we will continue to work with Wilson James and the airline concerned. “We apologize again for any delay by Mr Gardner on his return from the NATO summit in Madrid.” Gardner was partially paralyzed when al-Qaeda gunmen shot him in Saudi Arabia in 2004.