Narrative:

Approximately 30-45 mins into flight, heard loud bang throughout aircraft by all. Continued beverage service until captain called to approach cockpit. Captain asked if heard loud bang, said yes. Captain said #2 engine out, turn back to dfw. Got information from captain, but said not necessary, prepare for emergency landing, plan emergency evacuate/evacuation. Informed #2 and #4 flight attendants. Secured galleys/cabins for landing in 20 mins. No difference with #2 engine out. Flight smooth and normal. Safe landing, taxi in, deplane of passenger, swap equipment adjacent to catering. Reboarded passenger, continued flight to pdx. Approximately 5 passenger rebooked for next day. All passenger extremely happy and thankful they arrived/landed safely.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HAD ENG FAILURE AFTER REACHING CRUISE ALT DEPARTING DFW.

Narrative: APPROX 30-45 MINS INTO FLT, HEARD LOUD BANG THROUGHOUT ACFT BY ALL. CONTINUED BEVERAGE SVC UNTIL CAPT CALLED TO APCH COCKPIT. CAPT ASKED IF HEARD LOUD BANG, SAID YES. CAPT SAID #2 ENG OUT, TURN BACK TO DFW. GOT INFO FROM CAPT, BUT SAID NOT NECESSARY, PREPARE FOR EMER LNDG, PLAN EMER EVAC. INFORMED #2 AND #4 FLT ATTENDANTS. SECURED GALLEYS/CABINS FOR LNDG IN 20 MINS. NO DIFFERENCE WITH #2 ENG OUT. FLT SMOOTH AND NORMAL. SAFE LNDG, TAXI IN, DEPLANE OF PAX, SWAP EQUIP ADJACENT TO CATERING. REBOARDED PAX, CONTINUED FLT TO PDX. APPROX 5 PAX REBOOKED FOR NEXT DAY. ALL PAX EXTREMELY HAPPY AND THANKFUL THEY ARRIVED/LANDED SAFELY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.