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image captionSupt Kyle Gordon was off-duty in Blackpool when the bomb was detonated
A police chief has expressed regret and professional embarrassment after he arrived at the Manchester Arena in a taxi nearly three hours after the bombing which killed 22 people.
British Transport Police (BTP) Supt Kyle Gordon was off-duty and not on-call on the night of 22 May 2017.
An inquiry into the attack heard he was appointed bronze commander on the night, despite being in Blackpool.
He said he regretted that he did not find another way to get to the scene.
Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at about 22:30 BST on 22 May 2017.