Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown
Aircraft
Left engine failure on Aircraft X. Felt/Heard a loud BOOM/BANG. Observed a yaw to the left; airspeed was decreasing rapidly; since we were still in a climb.Unknown cause of Left (#1) engine Failure during Climb.I said: 'we just lost the left engine. You need to declare MAYDAY with center and let them know we are an emergency airplane; single engine. [First Officer (FO)] did just that. Center asked if we wanted to return to ZZZ? I said to [FO]: NO; we are only about 20 miles North East of ZZZ1. Tell them we want to land in ZZZ1. We were given a clearance lower; and a turn to ZZZ1. We ran the QRC/QRH for Engine Failure. Secured the left Engine; and landed Nearest Suitable: ZZZ1.
The Captain of an Embraer 145 reported that an engine failed during climb.