Paralyzed BBC journalist spoke about the humiliation in a Polish airplane.

BBC News security correspondent Frank Gardner, who has been paralyzed for about 20 years, had to crawl along the floor of a Polish airline's plane to reach the toilet. He shared this in his blog. 

When I flew from Warsaw back to London on Monday, I had to crawl along the floor of the plane to get to the toilet. I have been paralyzed since Al-Qaeda militants shot me in Saudi Arabia 20 years ago. My experience during this flight was extremely uncomfortable physically and humiliating.

The journalist noted that the discomfort faced by people with disabilities is «less compared to the horrors experienced by people in conflict zones around the world,» as Gardner writes stories of these people. However, this does not negate the feeling of humiliation from the fact that a journalist in a suit was forced to «crawl» in front of other passengers.

The Polish airline LOT, which operates flights to and from Heathrow, stated that its policy does not provide for keeping a wheelchair in the aisle of the plane. This is unacceptable for passengers with limited mobility, as these devices are smaller than a baby stroller and can be easily folded and placed in a cupboard or overhead shelf.

British Airways, Easyjet, and all other airlines I have recently flown with have wheelchairs on board. In my opinion, this is not difficult to fix. This «policy» is definitely flawed and needs to be changed immediately, added the journalist.

Gardner also added that the Polish airline stated to the BBC that it apologizes for the sad experience and for the inconvenience and discomfort caused by the absence of a wheelchair on board. Airline representatives added that they are currently testing ways to ensure wheelchairs on board during short-haul flights.

Unfortunately, this does not convince me, as in May I flew with this airline from Tallinn to London, and the same thing happened. The ground staff was quite uncompromising and rejected the idea that the plane should have such equipment. Unlike them, during the Monday flight, the onboard staff behaved fantastically. They were embarrassed, apologized, and helped as best they could. They encouraged me to complain about the situation because they saw how wrong it was, noted the journalist.