Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75; Flight Crew Total 14500; Flight Crew Type 75
Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft; Human Factors
FO was the PF and Captain was monitoring. An uneventful departure and coast out. IRO took the first break then the FO swapped out. As we settled in for the briefing; the IRO noticed a blue 'Status Message' indication on the EICAS. Pressing the status button revealed R Oil Filter. The Captain and IRO brought out the QRH and began running the QRH checklist for R Oil Filter. The IRO assumed the radios and the Captain assumed control of the aircraft. The FO was brought back up into the observer's seat. The checklist called to retard the throttle until the R OIL FILTER message disappeared or in the event of it not extinguishing; it called for the engine shutdown. The Captain began a slow retardation of the throttle. We were at FL320. The throttle came back and the airspeed began to decrease. The message remained so we decided to call Maintenance Control/Dispatch. We began our Satcom call to Maintenance Control. We came on with dispatch and were patched through maintenance control. Maintenance control initially told us to press on and monitor. We queried him telling him that was not QRH procedure. We were then patched to a 767 Systems Matter Expert on hand. We explained the situation to him and he suggested that we make sure we got the throttle all the way to idle before continuing a full shutdown. At that point we were required to descend to FL240 to be able to maintain airspeed. We requested the altitude descent via CPDLC. ATC queried our descent and ask for the nature of the descent. Asked if we were in an emergency. We explained the situation and were granted FL240. Upon leveling at FL240 we retarded the throttle to idle and the message remained. At this point all parties involved agreed to continue with the shutdown of the right engine. We shut it down via the QRH procedure. We then asked dispatch for our best options to divert. After evaluating the weather and alternates the decision by the company and the Captain was to continue to ZZZZ. We were rerouted via the quickest route possible. The landing by the Captain was uneventful.
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B767 flight crew reported shutting down the right engine after observing a right oil filter Status message.