Mum calls on airlines to take more care after easyJet loses son’s wheelchair

Michael, 17, was forced to use a hired wheelchair in Paris after easyJet lost his and failed to provide a replacement. Photograph: Gill Cloke

The mother of a disabled teenager whose holiday was partly “wrecked” after easyJet lost his wheelchair on a flight to Paris has called on airlines to take more care when transporting essential mobility aids.

Gillian Cloke spent hours of the holiday phoning easyJet and seven local wheelchair hire companies after the airline lost her 17-year-old son Michael’s wheelchair and failed to provide her with a replacement.