AN ACR MD80 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS THAT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN THE FLC RETURNED TO ORD FOR AN EMER LNDG.

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NO NARRATIVE INCLUDED WITH REPORT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS THE LEAD CABIN ATTENDANT ON THE FLT. SHE SAID THAT SHE NOTICED SMOKE JUST AFTER THE 10000 FT CHIME WHEN SHE STARTED TO ENTER THE GALLEY AREA TO PREPARE THE SVC. SHE LOOKED DOWN THE AISLE AND SAW A THIN HAZE OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS. SHE NOTIFIED THE CAPT AND HE INDICATED THAT THE FLT WOULD BE RETURNING TO ORD AND THAT SHE SHOULD PREPARE THE CABIN FOR A POSSIBLE EVAC. SHE SAID THAT BOTH THE FLC AND THE ATTENDANTS BRIEFED THE PAX ABOUT THE RETURN AND THE POSSIBLE EVAC. DURING THE EVAC PREPARATION THE RPTR NOTICED THAT THE SMOKE WAS ABATING. SHE SAID THAT SHE ENTERED THE FLT STATION AND INFORMED THE CAPT. THE FLC HAD HER OPEN THE DOOR AND WHEN THEY LOOKED DOWN THE AISLE THE AIR WAS THEN CLR; SHE SAID. THE FLC THEN CANCELED THE EMER AND STARTED A CLB ENRTE. A SHORT TIME LATER SHE HEARD THE SOUND OF A BANG AND THE ACFT MOVED SHE SAID. SHE AGAIN ENTERED THE FLT STATION AND THE CAPT SAID THAT AN ENG HAD FAILED AND THEY WERE RETURNING TO ORD AND SHE WAS TO PREPARE THE PAX FOR A POSSIBLE EVAC AGAIN. THE PAX WERE AGAIN BRIEFED BY THE FLC AND THE ATTENDANTS. AFTER LNDG THE FLC SAID TO REMAIN SEATED AND THEY BRIEFED THE ATTENDANTS THAT AN EVAC WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. SHE SAID THAT SHE BRIEFED THE PAX THAT THEY WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE GATE. SHE SAID THAT THE PAX WERE VERY NICE AND CALM THROUGH THE WHOLE SERIES OF EVENTS. THE RPTR ALSO SAID THAT THE FLC WERE TO HAVE SUBMITTED ASRS RPTS.