AN L1011 FLT ABORTS ITS TKOF ROLL. AFTER TKOF PWR WAS APPLIED; A LOUD BANG AND SMOKE FILLED THE AFT CABIN. FLT RETURNED TO GATE WITH CFR EQUIP IN TRAIL AT ATL; GA.

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AS TKOF PWR WAS APPLIED; HEARD A BANG AND FELT A CABIN PRESSURE SURGE; FOLLOWED BY CABIN-TO-COCKPIT CALL CHIMES. REJECTED TKOF; THEN 'HEAD FLT ATTENDANT' RPTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. REQUESTED ARPT EMER EQUIP; ESTABLISHED COMS WITH THE CABIN AND MADE APPROPRIATE PA'S TO THE PAX. PERFORMED PROCS TO ISOLATE A 'J' AREA OVERHEAT AND STOP SMOKE. DETERMINED THERE WAS NO FIRE; AND SMOKE WAS STOPPED. ONLY SOME THIN RESIDUAL SMOKE REMAINED; CONFINED TO THE AFT CABIN. MOVED PEOPLE FORWARD AND OPENED AFT DOORS 1 FT OR TWO TO HELP EVAC SMOKE FROM AFT CABIN AREA. RETURNED TO GATE EXPEDITIOUSLY AND REQUESTED EMER MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET US THERE AND ATTEND TO PAX. AT GATE; DEPLANED PAX IN AFT CABIN AND CHILDREN FIRST. AFTERWARD; WE WERE TOLD BY MAINT THAT A TITANIUM PNEUMATIC DUCT HAD RUPTURED. DURING DEBRIEF; FLT ATTENDANTS SAID THE CAPT'S FIRST PA; MADE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REJECTED TKOF; SEEMED TO CALM THE PAX. GOOD COM WITH FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX THROUGH INTERPHONE; PA; AND FACE-TO-FACE WAS VERY IMPORTANT DURING THE INCIDENT AS WAS THE EXCELLENT TEAMWORK BTWN COCKPIT CREW MEMBERS (WE HAD FLOWN TOGETHER MOST OF THE MONTH AND SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THAT).