Travelling at twice the speed of sound, John Hutchinson had just begun to tuck into his steak fillet when the supersonic aircraft he was piloting began shaking violently. Find out what went wrong in this amazing interview with the former British Airways Concorde captain.
In this video, Hutchinson recounts the time that he had to deal with an emergency situation in the middle of the North Atlantic while flying the return leg of a trip to Washington/Dulles.
Watch as he talks in detail about how he rectified the problem and the surprising response of the passengers.
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"We were coming back from Washington, and I was in the middle of my meal," John said. "I was about to put a nice piece of rare fillet steak into my mouth and suddenly the aeroplane started shaking violently.
