AN MD-S80 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED ELECTRICAL SMELL TO CAPT; WHO RETURNED TO LAND AT DFW.

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SHORTLY AFTER TKOF; I BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING LIKE ELECTRICAL WIRES BURNING. I CALLED THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT (AFT GALLEY JUMPSEAT) TO ASK HER IF SHE SMELLED THE SAME THING. JUST AS I WAS SPEAKING TO HER; SHE SAID 'YES;' AND THEN IT GOT WORSE. I THEN CALLED THE CAPT; WHO SAID HE WAS AWARE OF THE SIT AND WILL CALLBACK. I ASKED THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT TO GO TELL THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT (WHO WAS IN THE AISLE OF FIRST CLASS) TO TURN OFF THE SEAT PWR OUTLETS. THE CAPT OVERHEARD ME TELLING THE #2 FLT ATTENDANT; AND SAID OVER THE INTERPHONE THAT WAS NOT THE PROB. THE AIRPLANE/CAPT SEEMED TO BE PWRING THE ENGINES UP AND DOWN. AT THIS TIME; THE SCENT OF BURNING WOULD ALSO RISE AND FALL. THE CAPT CALLED BACK. I PICKED UP. HE STARTED TO SAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO MAKE AN EMER LNDG. THEN; THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT GOT ON THE PHONE AND HE HAD TO REPEAT HIS CONVERSATION; TELLING US THE 'TEST' PROCS TO DO. HE TOLD US TO USE THE AFT DOOR WITH STAIRS; IN THE EVENT THERE WAS AN EVAC. WE PREPARED THE CABIN FOR LNDG AND TOOK OUR JUMPSEATS. I DID TELL THE 2 PAX THAT WERE AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE NOT TO USE THE EMER EXIT THAT I WAS AT; IN THE EVENT OF AN EVAC. WE LANDED AND FIRE TRUCKS MET THE PLANE. NO SMELL OF SMOKE OR BURNING. WE WERE CLRED TO GO TO A GATE. THE CREW WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT. CAPT WAS EXCEPTIONAL ON HIS PROCS.