B757-200 suffers right engine failure. Declare emergency and divert to nearest suitable airport.

Attributes
ACN	814975
Time
Date	200812
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 25000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	814975
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

50 miles out of ZZZ in the descent; right engine failure. Declared emergency and landed. Maintenance control found metal in the oil.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 suffers right engine failure. Declare emergency and divert to nearest suitable airport.

Narrative: 50 miles out of ZZZ in the descent; right engine failure. Declared emergency and landed. Maintenance Control found metal in the oil.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.