Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
After takeoff we climbed to FL320 and [a little later] the Captain informed me we had a fuel config light and he was going to balance the fuel. When I looked at the EICAS display I noticed left engine messages associated with an engine failure and engine NI; N2; EPR winding down. I advised the Captain (CA) of engine status. I also noticed the auto throttles retarding towards idle and informed the CA I was turning the autothrottle arm switch off and he advanced operating engine back towards MCT (max cruise thrust). The CA called for the engine failure checklist and after talking to ATC and [advising of our situation] and requesting vectors to a nearby airport it was performed and completed. We attempted an inflight restart with no success. During descent checked fuel balance per the non-normal checklist. Got vectors for an ILS; completed deferred items on the checklist and landed normally.
The flight crew of a B767-300 suffered a left engine flame-out in cruise flight at FL320; performed an inflight shut down and an unsuccessful relight procedure; declared an emergency and diverted to a safe landing.