EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
We experienced a sudden engine failure on engine 2 while cruising at FL330. While in cruise the planes speed slowly crept up towards red line so the Captain pulled back the power to prevent any type of over speed of the aircraft. He had the power at idle for about 1 or 2 seconds then began to smoothly bring the power up. Either as he brought it up or within a few seconds we felt the engine fail and got an engine 2 FAIL EICAS caution. The Captain continued flying and took the radios as well as he told me to run the QRH. We ran the engine fail QRH and the NAP checklists that the QRH led us to. During this time we attempted an APU assisted restart because we the number 2 engine still had oil; hydraulic fluid; was not frozen and to the best of our knowledge had not taken significant damage. On the attempted restart there was no movement on N1 or N2 at all. At that time we deemed an engine restart was not possible. We also decided on diverting to ZZZ2 while doing this; because we were just passing it; it has a nearly 10;000 feet runway; and we had two alternates because of what we assumed was the possibility of fog later in the night so we didn't want to continue north. We finished all QRH; checklists; and talked to the flight attendants and passengers and made an uneventful landing. After stopping on the runway the trucks checked for damage then followed us as we taxied to the gate under our own power.
Loss of number 2 engine during cruise.Followed QRH; advised ATC; diverted.
EMB-145 flight crew reported an engine failure during cruise that resulted in a diversion.