Dispatch Dispatcher
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
We received a call from one of our flights.  They told us that they had to shutdown the #1 engine due to low oil pressure and had declared an emergency.  They advised that they were planning to return to their departure airport and did not need any other services from us.  We received word from maintenance control a short time later that the crew was working on burning fuel off to prevent an overweight landing.  Crew advised after arrival that they had landed 20;000 kilos overweight.
A Dispatcher reported a B767-300ER had declared an emergency and returned to its departure airport when they shut down the left engine due to low oil pressure and landed modestly overweight.