B757 CREW HAD ENG FAILURE AND DIVERTED TO THEIR DEP STATION.

Narrative

L ENG FAILED IN CLB AT FL330. MULTIPLE STAGES OF TURBINE WERE DESTROYED. DRIFTDOWN ESTABLISHED AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEP POINT (MCO) RATHER THAN LAND AT JAX DUE TO TIME REQUIRED FOR DSCNT; KNOWN WX (TSTM IN NORTH FLORIDA) AND FIELD CONDITIONS; DSCNT; APCH; AND LNDG NORMAL FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES. LANDED RWY 18R AT MCO AND DUE TO HIGH GROSS WT AND SINGLE ENG AIRSPD PAD; ROLLED TO END FOR TURNOFF. EMER EQUIP WAS IN POS AT HIGH SPD TURNOFF; RATHER THAN THE ANTICIPATED DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AT MID AND END OF RWY. IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO GET TO US FOR A VISUAL CHK. IN THE FUTURE WE WILL INCLUDE A DIALOGUE REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF EMER RESPONSE VEHICLES WITH ATC PRIOR TO LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR DID NOT KNOW WHAT FAILED ON THE ENG. AS OF LAST WK THE ACR HAD NOT YET DISASSEMBLED THE ENG. THE CAPT DID NOT REMEMBER IF HE COMMUNICATED WITH MCO CFR ON THE COMMON FREQ ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE. THIS ANALYST HAD AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE CFR CHIEF AT MCO. HE REMEMBERS THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION; AND RPTS THAT ON THAT DAY THE CFR TRUCK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE END OF RWY 18R WAS OUT OF POS. THE DRIVER HAS BEEN COUNSELED AND GIVEN RETRAINING. THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY DEBRIEFED BY THE OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL AT MCO. THE CFR GROUP TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND ADMIT THAT THEY MADE A MISTAKE HERE. THEY HAVE TRIED TO USE THIS INCIDENT AS A LEARNING TOOL SO THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.