B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Total 7000; Flight Crew Type 2500
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
EICAS announced RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT condition. We immediately proceeded to the QRH and the checklist directed to turn the affected engine bleed off and slowly reduce thrust on the affected engine. Since we were in cruise we expected not to maintain altitude. We declared emergency with Center and requested direct to a suitable airport that at the time was only 40-50 miles away. We also called the IRO to return to the cockpit and subdivided the work between us to brief the flight attendants; send diversion message to the company; and set up for single engine approach. By the time we got to the shut down part of the checklist later in the descent the overheat message disappeared; hence we chose to keep the engine running at idle all the way to the ground. We setup and executed one-engine inoperative approach and landed without any further incident.
B757 First Officer experiences a RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT condition at FL380. The QRH is consulted and a diversion to the nearest suitable airport is planned. Before the engine is shut down in the descent the overheat warning goes out and the engine is left at idle for approach and landing.