A disabled passenger was left with no choice but to call the police after a three-and-a-half hour struggle to leave a chaos-hit airport in the early hours.
Daryl Tavernor, who has spinal muscular atrophy, eventually made it back to the UK after his delayed flight from Rome touched down at Manchester Airport at 2.30am.
However, the 33-year-old was then abandoned for two hours waiting for special assistance to help him off the plane.