CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; MD80; DFW-RDU. ON CLBOUT; MECHANICAL PROB. RETURN TO DALLAS. NO EVAC.

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AFTER TKOF FROM DFW; EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE NORMAL. ABOUT 15-20 MINS AFTER WE TOOK OFF; THE CAPT CALLED US AND INFORMED US OF THE PROB. HE WAS SPECIFIC AND TO THE POINT; HE ALSO INFORMED US THAT WE WOULD BE GOING BACK TO DFW TO LAND THE AIRPLANE. THE CAPT ALSO TOLD US THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO PREPARE FOR AN EVAC OR EMER LNDG. THE CAPT MADE A PA TO TELL ALL PAX OF THE PROB AND THE RETURN TO DFW. WE HADN'T STARTED OUR SVC YET; BUT WE CLOSED UP THE GALLEY IN PREPARATION FOR LNDG. THE CAPT WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND INFORMATIVE. HE CALLED US A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE LNDG TO TELL US THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE AND TO INFORM US THAT WE WOULD HEAR AN ODD SCRAPING SOUND ON LNDG. I FELT VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE ENTIRE INCIDENT; ALTHOUGH I THINK WE WERE ALL AWARE OF POSSIBLE PROBS ARISING AT THE LAST MIN. OUR CAPT AND FO ARE BASED IN XXX; BUT FLT ATTENDANT #4 AND I HAD BOTH FLOWN WITH HIM BEFORE WHEN HE WAS BASED IN BOSTON. BOTH PLTS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THIS SIT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THE CAPT WAS THE ONE WHO CONTINUED TO CALL US (THE FLT ATTENDANTS) TO KEEP US CALM AND INFORMED. NOT ALL CAPTS WOULD HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX AT SUCH A TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THEY HAD A HYDS PROB; AND THE CREW SHUT DOWN AN ENG. AFTER RETURNING TO DALLAS; THE COMPANY TOOK THE PLANE OUT OF SVC FOR MAINT.