MULTIPLE FLT ATTENDANT RPT; B757; DFW-SJU; COSTA RICA. BLEW OUT R ENG; RETURN TO DFW. NO EVAC. PLANE TAKEN OTS.

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AFTER TKOF FROM DFW; APPROX 10 MINS OUT I HEARD A HORRENDOUS LOUD NOISE COME FROM THE ENG; AS ONE OF THE ENGS FAILED. THE B757 ACFT BEGAN TO LOSE PWR. THE CAPT CAME OVER THE PA SYS AND STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS UNDER CTL AND THAT WE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE GATE. THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INCIDENT FROM OCCURRING OR ANY WAY TO HAVE PREVENTED THE SIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: MULTIPLE RPT ON 'ENG BLOWOUT;' AND THE PRIMARY RPTR STATED THAT THE RPTS OF AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE WERE LATER TOLD TO THEM BY PAX SEATED OVER THE WING AND BY WITNESSES ON THE GND. THE 2 RPTRS DIDN'T SEE THE FIRE; BUT CERTAINLY FELT THE EXPLOSION. THE PLANE WAS TAKEN OTS. AFTER A 3 HR DELAY; THEY GOT ON ANOTHER AIRPLANE AND CONTINUED ON TO COSTA RICA. WHEN THE PAX REBOARDED; THEY SEEMED QUITE RELIEVED TO SEE THE SAME CREW MEMBERS: 'THEY FELT A CERTAIN TYPE OF BONDING WITH THE CREW.' SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 446750: THE ACFT LOST AN ENG (R ONE) DURING TKOF. AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE. AS A RESULT WE HAD TO RETURN AND LAND. NO EMER EVAC WAS NECESSARY.