B757-200
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
Descending for landing the right engine flamed out. This was at 12;000 FT in clear air. Power was at or near flight idle. The Captain told me to fly the jet he would run the checklist and radio's. I was the pilot flying. The Captain did declare Mayday to ATC. The right engine was restarted. We landed without further problems.
During descent out of 12;000 FT we received a master caution light and the first thing I noticed was the loss of the utility busses. I then noticed that the right engine had flamed out. I told the First Officer to continue flying while I ran the checklist. I notified the Tower that we were declaring an emergency and that they should notify the emergency vehicles. We requested a vector continuing downwind to complete the checklist. We decided that there didn't seem to be any obvious reason for the flameout and that we would attempt a relight. This was successful and so we notified the Tower that we were ready to land and that systems were now operating normally. The approach and landing was uneventful.
B757 flight crew experiences a right engine flameout passing 12;000 FT in the descent. An emergency is declared and the engine successfully restarted before landing.