ACFT EQUIP PROB. ENG FAILURE DUE TO FAILED FUEL CTLR. ENG SHUT ITSELF DOWN AND UNABLE TO RESTART. FLT DIVERTED AND LANDED OVERWT; RESULTED IN FLAT TIRES.

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THIS WAS A SCHEDULED ACR FLT AT FL330. THE ACFT WAS AN A320 ENRTE LAX-EWR AND WAS 17000 LBS ABOVE MAX LNDG WT WHEN EVENT OCCURRED. WE HAD BEEN AT CRUISE ABOUT 30-40 MINS WHEN RE RECEIVED AN ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED ACFT MONITOR (ECAM) WARNING MESSAGE AND SUBSEQUENT FLUCTUATION OF #2 ENG. WE REQUESTED A LOWER ALT AS ACFT WAS LOSING AIRSPD AND PWR. A SEPARATION VECTOR AND CLRNC TO FL270 WAS GIVEN BY ZAB. SHORTLY THEREAFTER #2 ENG FAILED COMPLETELY; AND EMER WAS DECLARED AND WE REQUESTED CLRNC TO ABQ; THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRFIELD APPROX 100 NM SE OF OUR POS. DSCNT WAS CONTINUED; HDOFS TO APCH AND TWR WERE ACCEPTED AND A VFR EMER LNDG COMPLETED ON RWY 3. ALL AGENCIES PERFORMED IN AN EXPEDITIOUS AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER INCLUDING THE ABQ FIRE DEPT WHICH FOLLOWED US TO THE GATE AND MONITORED THE ACFT AND PAX DEPLANING. THE COMBINATION OF THE HVY WT LNDG; ARPT ELEVATION; AND OUTSIDE AIR TEMP; 87 DEGS; CAUSED HOT BRAKES RESULTING IN DEFLATION OF #3 AND #4 TIRE AT THE GATE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR ON ACN 339303 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CALLBACK TO CAPT WHO HAD NO NARRATIVE IN THE ACN. THE A320 WHICH THEY WERE FLYING WAS A NEW ACFT; ON THE LINE FOR JUST 8 DAYS. THE INITIAL ECAM MESSAGE READ '#2 COMPRESSOR VANE þ DON'T CHANGE THRUST.' RPTR CAPT DISCONNECTED AUTOTHROTTLES AND MATCHED THRUST LEVERS TO BUGS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENG SHUT ITSELF DOWN AND RELIGHT ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE THEY HAD AN ENG OUT; THEY DIVERTED TO THE CLOSEST; SUITABLE ARPT. RPTR CHOSE ABQ BECAUSE HE KNEW THEY HAD A LONG RWY; 13770 FT BUT; WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND THE RWY TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CLOSED. HOWEVER; RWY 3 WAS 9000 FT AND ADEQUATE. RPTR STATES THAT; IN HINDSIGHT; HE WOULD HAVE CHOSEN ANOTHER ARPT THAT WAS NOT SUCH HIGH ALT AND HOT. DURING APCH THE FLC CHOSE NOT TO USE AUTO BRAKES THINKING THAT BY NOT USING AUTO BRAKES THERE WOULD BE LESS LIKELIHOOD OF EXCESSIVE BRAKE HEATING. THE ACFT WAS 16000 LBS OVERWT FOR LNDG. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND THE EMER FIRE CREW FOLLOWED THE ACFT TO THE GATE. THE BRAKES WERE SMOKING A LOT AND THE BRAKE TEMPS WERE READING 525 ON THE L AND 710 ON THE R. THEY TAXIED TO THE GATE; GND PERSONNEL QUICKLY INSTALLED CHOCKS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE FUSE PLUGS MELTED AND TIRES #3 AND #4 WENT FLAT. A MECH FROM ANOTHER ACR; WHO WAS A320 QUALIFIED; EXAMINED THE ENG AND FOUND A FUEL CTLR THAT CAME APART AND ATE ITSELF UP þ THE CAUSE OF THE ENG FAILURE. THE NEXT DAY THE FLC WAS PLANNING TO FERRY THE ACFT AND WHEN THE ARRIVED MECHS HAD THE APU OPEN BECAUSE THEY FOUND A FAILED BLEED VALVE. RPTR CAPT SAYS HE IS SURE HIS ACR DOESN'T DEAL WITH QUESTIONABLE PARTS MANUFACTURERS; BUT IS CONCERNED THAT PERHAPS AIRBUS SUBCONTRACTS PARTS THAT ARE NOT RELIABLE; IE; FUEL CTLR.