B777 ENRTE AT FL370 HAS AN ENG FAILURE AND DIVERTS.

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IN CRUISE AT FL370; 90 NM E OF SALT LAKE CITY; THE #1 ENG SURGED THEN POPPED; FOLLOWED VERY RAPIDLY BY ENG ROTATION SLOW DOWN AND RAPID RISE IN ENG EGT. CAPT REQUESTED ENG DRIFTDOWN QRC; FOLLOWED BY THE SEVERE ENG QRC. WHILE I WAS ACCOMPLISHING THESE CHKLISTS; THE CAPT CONTACTED DISPATCH AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SITUATION AND THE DIVERSION PLAN THEN THE SAME INFO WITH THE CABIN CREW. ATC CLRNC WAS REQUESTED FOR DSCNT AND TO SALT LAKE CITY VIA RADAR VECTORS FOR APCH TO RWY 16R; WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS MADE. ALL CHKLISTS AND SINGLE ENG PROCS WERE ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE B777 FLT MANUAL. AFTER LNDG AND CLRING THE RWY; THE BRAKES WERE SET AND FIRE PERSONNEL INSPECTED ACFT BEFORE TAXIING TO GATE. CREW MEMBER AND FIRE PERSONNEL WERE DEBRIEFED AFTER THE FLT. THE SLC ARPT FIRE DEPT HAD THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TO TWR AND THE AIR CREW ON THE VHF RADIO AND WERE ABLE TO HEAR THE CREW'S REQUEST TO INSPECT THE L ENG AND ACFT FOR ANY LEAKING FLUIDS AND ANY ADDITIONAL FIRE INDICATIONS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 704671: TALKED TO CABIN CREW. HAD THEM VISUALLY INSPECT THE ENG AND PUT THEM ON AN ADVISORY.