Paralympic champion Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is to lead a new taskforce created to make air travel better for disabled passengers.
The group will aim to tackle issues such as people being left on-board planes without timely assistance, mishandling of wheelchairs and a lack of access to toilets.
The 11-time gold medalist, 55, said she arrived into London King's Cross station at around 10pm and there were no workers there to assist her. She waited for around 16 minutes for help leaving the London North Eastern Railway train before she 'decided to crawl off'. Lady Grey-Thompson said: ‘It is essential that the rights of each passenger are protected at every aspect of their journey, so they can travel with the respect they deserve.The 11-time gold medalist, 55, said she arrived into London King's Cross station at around 10pm and there were no workers there to assist her
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