Narrative:

After level off at FL290; left generator off light followed by left generator drive lights illuminated. Both QRH checklists completed for both malfunctions. Captain decided to fly the aircraft while I (first officer) ran both checklists. The relief officer returned to the cockpit after both checklists were already complete. Captain also decided to fuel jettison approximately 36;000 pounds of fuel at FL290. ATC was advised of both the emergency and fuel jettison simultaneously. All of the center tank fuel was jettisoned except for the last 1;000 pounds. After jettisoning fuel; we requested lower altitudes to facilitate fuel burn. However; it was determined that we would still land overweight (gross weight approximately 337;000); so we ran the overweight landing checklist in the QRH and determined that we were ok for the flaps 25 landing based on runway limited and climb limited weights. We requested the longest runway with a direct headwind component. Landing was smooth and uneventful. Initially; airport rescue and fire fighting said we looked good for taxi to the gate; but a few minutes later; someone called tower and reported a fire on the right main gear. (Still not sure who reported this to tower). When the fire chief arrived again to our plane; he scanned the plane and reiterated that there was 'no fire and that the brakes were not hot; only detected as warm'. I suspect that the brakes did heat up while we sat there for what seemed to be a long time; and eventually a fuse plug blew on one of the right main wheels (front left wheel); and we had to have passengers bussed to the airport. The fire chief told me that he never saw a fire; and we based the decision to not evacuate on his viewpoint. They did spray the left main gear to facilitate cooling. We were eventually bussed to terminal where a new airplane was waiting. The airport rescue and fire fighting were outstanding in communicating with the crew; ground personnel did a wonderful job of coordinating the transfer of passengers; crew; luggage and catering to the new aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767 crew successfully diverted for an engine driven generator failure. An emergency was declared for an overweight landing. During taxi in main gear tire fuse plugs released. Water was applied to an incorrectly reported brake fire.

Narrative: After level off at FL290; left generator off light followed by left generator drive lights illuminated. Both QRH checklists completed for both malfunctions. Captain decided to fly the aircraft while I (First Officer) ran both checklists. The Relief Officer returned to the cockpit after both checklists were already complete. Captain also decided to fuel jettison approximately 36;000 LBS of fuel at FL290. ATC was advised of both the emergency and fuel jettison simultaneously. All of the center tank fuel was jettisoned except for the last 1;000 LBS. After jettisoning fuel; we requested lower altitudes to facilitate fuel burn. However; it was determined that we would still land overweight (gross weight approximately 337;000); so we ran the overweight landing checklist in the QRH and determined that we were ok for the Flaps 25 landing based on runway limited and climb limited weights. We requested the longest runway with a direct headwind component. Landing was smooth and uneventful. Initially; airport rescue and fire fighting said we looked good for taxi to the gate; but a few minutes later; someone called Tower and reported a fire on the right main gear. (Still not sure who reported this to Tower). When the Fire Chief arrived again to our plane; he scanned the plane and reiterated that there was 'no fire and that the brakes were not hot; only detected as warm'. I suspect that the brakes did heat up while we sat there for what seemed to be a long time; and eventually a fuse plug blew on one of the right main wheels (front left wheel); and we had to have passengers bussed to the airport. The Fire Chief told me that he never saw a fire; and we based the decision to not evacuate on his viewpoint. They did spray the left main gear to facilitate cooling. We were eventually bussed to terminal where a new airplane was waiting. The airport rescue and fire fighting were outstanding in communicating with the crew; ground personnel did a wonderful job of coordinating the transfer of passengers; crew; luggage and catering to the new aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.