B757-200
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 110; Flight Crew Total 6500; Flight Crew Type 1000
Situational Awareness; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
At FL380 the right engine oil temperature went into the yellow band. We ran the QRH Checklist and the oil temperature returned to normal. With thrust advancement; oil temperature moved rapidly into the red band. We accomplished the Engine Failure/Shutdown checklist in accordance with the QRH. At this point; we were approximately 120 NM out of our destination. Having set-up for the approach; and as we approached a normal descent profile for the airport; we determined that proceeding to our filed destination was as safe a course of action as descending directly a nearby airport. The nearby airport would have required an aggressive descent profile into an unbriefed; unfamiliar airport. This would have required numerous turns while single engine as opposed to one 30 degree turn onto final at [our destination]. The rest of the flight was unremarkable.
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A B757-200 right engine oil temperature rose into the yellow band; but continued into the red band after completing the QRH; so the engine was shut down; an emergency declared and the flight descended into its filed destination.