A Brighton businessman was among Concorde passengers left stranded on the runway after it landed.

Emergency vehicles were scrambled at Heathrow shortly after 5.45pm on Sunday.

All 100 passengers were taken off the plane shortly after 7pm and ferried by coach to Terminal Four.

Barry Green, 60, of Chichester Terrace, Brighton, was on board the flight from New York.

He said: "To be stuck on a runway surrounded by fire engines and flashing lights was quite alarming.

"Some of the stewardesses were saying how this was their last flight on Concorde and how they would miss us.

"The next minute we were stuck on the runway for more than an hour."

A BAA spokeswoman said fire engines were called on to the runway as a matter of procedure.

She said: "It was originally intended to take the aircraft back to Terminal Four but it was decided the plane could not be moved."

A spokesman for British Airways, which owns Concorde, apologised for the delay to passengers but stressed they were never in any danger.

He said: "The plane landed safely and it was after it had landed that a light in the cockpit indicated a deflated tyre."

Hundreds of thousands of people are set to pack Heathrow airport to watch Concorde's final flight.

Special grandstands will be built for the public to watch Captain Mike Bannister land the aircraft for the last time on a commercial flight on October 24.

Industry sources said an estimated 250,000 people intended to be at Heathrow to witness the plane's final descent, which will be televised live in the UK.