B757-200
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; General Maintenance Action; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
Approaching approximately 4;000 feet during descent with the engines at idle and airspeed of 250 knots; the left engine simply failed. We had no unusual indications or obvious causes. We were in VMC with the airport in sight. We declared an emergency with ATC; accomplished appropriate QRH and normal checklist procedures and landed uneventfully. After a visual check by ARFF vehicles; we completed an uneventful taxi to the gate.Maintenance personnel determined the cause to be failure of a component associated with the Fuel Control Unit.
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During their initial approach to their destination the flight crew of a B757-200 suffered the mechanical failure of the left engine. They declared an emergency; conducted appropriate checklists and landed uneventfully.