My grandfather was a chief technician 1945-1970 and worked on the Shackleton in Singapore around the same time. He was awarded a BEM for the queen’s birthday honours. Charles Martin BEM (Royal Airforce)

This man is legendary, I could listen to him for hours.

This accident was still being talked about when I was posted to Seletar on 20 November 1959, so it is interesting to learn of the events that took place resulting from the Air Sea Rescue Search, and the possible cause of the accident. It is particularly gratifying to know that the Flight Engineer was accorded such respect and dignity by those who found, and buried him, on the island, and subsequently to a burial with full military honours. I think of this as being representative of the whole crew which was lost, with their guest on board. Many thanks to John Hutchinson (Captain) for his simple narrating of this tragic incident in which, but for the Grace of God, he may also have lost his life.

A pure gentleman and an excellent speaker. All of my respect.

This guy is fascinating. Please do some more with jh. He should have his own flying you tube channel.

So much crap on the Web, yet this brilliant interview has only a few thousand views.

John Hutchinson is a walking Diary of aeronautical events, his comments are all clearly explained,in full detail, if only everyone did as good a job.!

It's cool to hear stories that involve Borneo... especially because I live in Borneo!

This story is an excellent example of the emotion, pattern seeking, and basic biases of the human thought process. Although it is obviously an emotional guilt that is hard for Hutchinson to escape due to the human emotional system, it is in no way based in any reality that he “dodged” the situation. It is astronomically impossible odds that Hutchinson and the captain he replaced would have been at the same place, at the same time, in the same circumstances. One immediately thinks of the impact of switching one’s self with the ill fated captain, but in reality their experiences would be absolutely separate and distinct experiences. Of course if a string of occurrences had occurred, then some connection of risk might have been obtained, but it wasn’t. So no divine or other intervention is necessary either, since there was actually nothing to avoid.

Good work,thanks

Ele está no museu onde se encontra o Concord!

Wow, what a story. Lucky man he didn't fly that day.

Formidable !

There's a TSR2 in the background....an aircraft that the RAF "didn't need", so much so that they had to build a replacement. Hanging over it is the English Electric Canberra, which was the "TSR1" (Tactical Strike & Reconnaissance 1). Quite the irony.

There’s one of those in Manchester’s Science and Industry Air Museum.

Per Adua Ad Astra clear skies crew of B for Bravo

09:50 so stupidity killed the crew.

FOUR fuel cocks? I don't know the aircraft's layout - and would never claim to know more than the people who actually flew the Shackleton - but four fuel cocks seems a bit odd.......