CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; PDX-DFW; ENG FLAMEOUT; ENG SHUTDOWN. RETURN TO PDX. FLT CANCELED. SOME PAX WERE EMOTIONAL.

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ONLY RECOMMENDATION: TO HAVE THE PLTS DEBRIEF WITH THE FLT ATTENDANTS AFTER; TO LET US GET SOME ANSWERS OR LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE SAW OR FELT/HEARD. MAYBE ALSO TO ASK EACH OTHER HOW COULD YOU IMPROVE ON WHAT HAPPENED OR HOW IT WAS HANDLED. ON TKOF; WE HAD A COMPRESSOR STALL ON THE R ENG ON LIFTOFF. ALL THE FLT ATTENDANTS GRABBED THE INTERPHONE SYS TO CALL THE COCKPIT. IT WAS VERY LOUD AND THERE WERE 5 LOUD ENG BANGS THAT SOUNDED AS WE TOOK OFF. THE CAPT PUT US ON 'STANDBY' FOR AT LEAST 30 MINS. ONCE WE LEVELED OFF; I STAYED ON THE PHONE. AT ONE POINT THE R ENG GOT REALLY LOUD AND WAS WORKING REALLY BAD -- SO I HAD ASKED THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT TO OPEN THE COCKPIT DOOR AND TELL THEM. ABOUT 20 MINS INTO THE FLT; A GENTLEMAN RANG HIS CALL BUTTON. #2 FLT ATTENDANT ANSWERED. SHE CAME BACK TO TELL ME JUST BEFORE TKOF; HE SAW SOMETHING FLY BY THE WINDOW AND THOUGHT IT WENT INTO THE ENG (HE WAS ON THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT). ABOUT 5-10 MINS INTO THE FLT; I ASKED #2 FLT ATTENDANT IF SHE HAD SMELLED SMOKE; THEN THE ACFT GOT REALLY HOT. THE PAX ACROSS FROM MY JUMP SEAT SAID 'WELL; THERE WERE ABOUT 4-5 FLAMES SHOOTING OUT FROM THE ENG.' I ASKED HIM WHY HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WHEN I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SMELLING SMOKE. HIS RESPONSE WAS 'I THOUGHT YOU SAW IT' -- WHICH I HADN'T. WHEN THE CAPT FINALLY GOT BACK TO US; HE SAID 'EVERYTHING CHKED OUT OK AND I ANTICIPATE A NORMAL LNDG.' THE PLTS HANDLED A DIFFICULT SIT WITH EASE. ALL THE FLT ATTENDANTS REMAINED ON THE INTERPHONE SYS AND HAD GOOD COM BTWN EVERYONE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THEY FLEW AROUND FOR ABOUT 40 MINS TO TEST THE ENG; AND THEN THE CREW SHUT IT DOWN OR PUT IT IN IDLE; AND THEY RETURNED TO PORTLAND. THE FLT WAS CANCELED AND THE PLANE TAKEN OTS FOR A THOROUGH MAINT CHK. AFTER LNDG; THE FO CHKED OUT THE ENG AND SAW NO EVIDENCE OF A BIRD BEING INGESTED. HE HAD BEEN IN CTL OF THE PLANE AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE. DURING THE CIRCLING PROC; ONE OF THE PAX; A WOMAN WITH A BABY; SITTING BY THE WINDOW WHERE THE FLAMES WERE SPEWING OUT; BECAME HYSTERICAL. ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS ALSO STARTED CRYING; WHEN SHE GOT BACK TO THE GALLEY. THE RPTR SAID THAT THE CAPT NEVER REALLY EXPLAINED TO ANYONE WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON; PROBABLY BECAUSE HE WAS TOO BUSY.