ON CLB; ONBOARD MD80S; FLC DECLARED EMER DUE TO #2 ENG SHUTDOWN. ACFT RETURN LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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SHORTLY AFTER TKOF (MINS) I GOT UP AND TURNED THE GALLEY AREAS ON; WENT TO AFT GALLEY; TURNED ON COFFEE MAKERS AND OVEN IN PREPARATION FOR THE MEAL SVC. WENT BACK TO #2 JUMP SEAT AND SAT DOWN NEXT TO #2 FLT ATTENDANT AT THE TAIL CONE EXIT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WE HEARD THE ENG SURGE A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE MADE EYE CONTACT AND COMMENTED THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD. IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I SAID I'M GOING BACK TO MY JUMP SEAT. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE EMER EXIT GALLEY; I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND WAS AWARE WE WERE NO LONGER CLBING. WE WERE MAKING A TURN. I FELT WE WERE RETURNING. THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT MADE THE STERILE PA AND CLOSED THE CURTAIN TO BEGIN HER SVC. #2 FLT ATTENDANT CALLED HER AND SAID WE HAD HEARD SOMETHING STRANGE AND TO PLEASE CHK WITH THE CAPT. SHE CALLED BACK AND SAID SHE WAS INFORMED THE R ENG HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN AND WE WERE LNDG SOON IN ONT AND EMER SIGNAL WAS EASY VICTOR FOLLOWED BY EMER LIGHTS. SOON THE CAPT CAME ON THE PA; INFORMED PAX WE WERE RETURNING TO ONT BECAUSE OF AN ENG PROB. SHE CAME BACK ON A FEW MINS LATER TELLING FLT ATTENDANTS WE WOULD BE LNDG IN 4 MINS. WE CHKED CABIN; SEAT BACKS; BAGS; TRAY TABLES AND SAT DOWN. THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PAX WERE CALM. WE DEPLANED AS USUAL. ALL OF THIS TRANSPIRED IN APPROX 15 MINS; IF THAT.