Flight attendant told disabled war hero who needed the toilet 'it's not my problem'

War hero Ben Parkinson wasstunned when a flight attendant told him 'It's not my problem' after revealing there was no disabled toilet access on a four hour flight.

Paratrooper Ben - who was severely injured during the Afghanistan conflict - was travelling with a group of other injured servicemen on the Thomas Cook flight.

Ben, who lost both his legs and broke his back, hips and ribs and suffered severe head injuries in a land mine blast in 2006, was travelling with the military charity Pilgrim Bandit.

Shockingly Rude: Ben Parkinson needed help to use the toilet on a flight but was met with dismissal by Thomas Cook staff

The charity says that as Ben, 30, boarded a Thomas Cook flight from Paphos in Cyprus with five fellow members, they asked for use of an aisle chair - a specially designed wheelchair capable of moving down the narrow aisles of the aircraft.

But they were told there were no aisle chairs available on the flight and as a result none of the injured servicemen was able to access the plane's toilet during the four and a half hour journey.

Ben, who is an ambassador for Pilgrim Bandits, revealed that a Thomas Cook crew member told them it was 'not my problem' when asked why there was no disabled assistance on board the aircraft.

In a post on Facebook, a spokesman for the charity wrote: 'Thomas Cook UK 1st officer's arrogant reply on flight back from Paphos on Sunday to why there was no wheelchair on board for any disabled to use the toilet 'It's not my problem, thank you for flying Thomas Cook'.'

Pilgrim Bandits was established in 2007 by Special Forces veterans who aim to use their 'unique training and experience to help and inspire wounded soldiers to live life to the full.'

Ben, who was awarded an MBE for his charity work and is from Doncaster, was returning from a Forces Families Rest and Recuperation break in Cyprus with the group, which included five injured servicemen.

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Flight attendant told disabled war hero who needed the toilet 'it's not my problem'