Originally Posted by
atakacs
As for engine 2 shut down I agree that the lack of communication is surprising and didn't help, although it was the "right" thing to do given the circumstances. They had clear engine fire alarms, engine surge indication and ATC screaming the same. How could they guess that it was not actually an engine fire (which no one suspected until much latter) ? But in any case it didn't change the eventual outcome - except maybe for the victims on the ground.
Given the video I posted, John Hutchinson try googling him, pretty much the expert on everything that is concorde, says this is categorically the wrong thing to have done.