AN E120 CREW EXPERIENCED AN ENG FLAMEOUT DURING CLBOUT OF ATL.

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AFTER REFUELING ACFT X FOR A DEP FROM ATLANTA TO GULFPORT BILOXI; MS; I TAXIED TO DEP RWY 26L. WHEN CLRED FOR TKOF; I GAVE THE CTLS OF THE ACFT TO MY FO AS THIS WAS HIS LEG TO FLY. DURING TKOF AND AFTER LIFTOFF; THE FO FELT THAT THE ACFT WAS HVY ON THE R SIDE. AS I WAS CHKING THE FUEL GAUGES AT APPROX 400 FT; WE FELT A GRADUAL LOSS OF PWR FROM THE L ENG DURING CLB BTWN 400-1200 FT; AT WHICH TIME I ASKED ATC FOR VECTORS BACK TO THE ATL ARPT. AT THE SAME TIME WE NOTICED THE L FUEL QUANTITY READING ZERO; R FUEL QUANTITY READING APPROX 2600 LBS (ALL THE FUEL CARRIED LEAVING THE GATE); L FUEL FLOW DROPPED TO ZERO FOLLOWED BY A TOTAL LOSS OF THE L ENG. WE DECLARED AN EMER; RECEIVED RADAR VECTOR WITH PRIORITY HANDLING; COMPLIED WITH EVERY CHKLIST PRIOR TO AND AFTER LNDG; NOTIFIED FLT CTL AND THE PAX OF THE SIT. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL AS WE WERE FOLLOWED BY A FIRE TRUCK FOR SAFETY. MAINT CONCLUDED THAT DURING REFUELING THE L DEFUEL SHUTOFF VALVE WAS LEFT OPEN; THE SAFETY WIRE BROKEN; AND THAT WITH BOTH ENGS RUNNING AND THE BOOST PUMP IN AUTO; THE FUEL GRADUALLY MOVED FROM THE L TO THE R TANK. AS PLTS; WE ARE ASKED TO VERIFY THAT THE DOOR OF THE REFUELING PANEL IS CLOSED; CHANGES WILL COME AS TO THE POS OF THE SWITCHES VERIFIED CLOSED!