B757-200 first officer reported a loss of cabin pressure inflight; resulting in an emergency descent...

Attributes
ACN	1755993
Time
Date	202008
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Cabin altitude - red - EICAS at FL370. [We] donned oxygen masks; [requested priority handling]; and performed [an] emergency descent. [The cause was the] pressurization controller. [I suggest that the] cabin rate trend indicator displays directly in front of pilots.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 First Officer reported a loss of cabin pressure inflight; resulting in an emergency descent.

Narrative: Cabin altitude - red - EICAS at FL370. [We] donned oxygen masks; [requested priority handling]; and performed [an] emergency descent. [The cause was the] pressurization controller. [I suggest that the] cabin rate trend indicator displays directly in front of pilots.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.