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Neil Lancefield & Steven Smith & Milica Cosic

BBC reporter left paralysed by Al-Qaeda gunman stranded on plane at Gatwick Airport

A BBC reporter who was left paralysed by an Al-Qaeda gunman in Saudi Arabia 2004 has been left furious after being stranded on plane at Gatwick Airport.

Journalist and wheelchair user Frank Gardner, 60, expressed outrage when he was left on the plane of the busy West Sussex airport when he flew there with Iberia Express on Thursday night.

This, however, is not the first time the security correspondent has been left on a plane. It has happened several other times in different UK airports in recent years.

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