AN A300 FLT ATTENDANT BECAME UNHINGED AFTER AN ENG PROB REQUIRED THE FLT CREW TO RETURN TO SJU.

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UPON TKOF (2-3 MINS IN THE AIR) I HEARD A LOUD BANG OUTSIDE THE ACFT. THE PLANE SHIFTED FROM SIDE TO SIDE FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN STABILIZED. I NOTICED A SUDDEN LOSS OF PWR AND WAS NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I CALLED AND SPOKE TO FLT ATTENDANT #2 TO ASK IF SHE FELT THAT AND SHE HAD ASSUMED THAT MAYBE WE HAD TAKEN A BIRD INTO THE ENG. BUT THE LOSS OF PWR WAS EVIDENT TO ALL AND WE DID NOT; OR COULD NOT CONTINUE TO CLB. INSTEAD WE MAINTAINED A STRAIGHT AND SCARY LEVEL ABOVE THE OCEAN. THE CAPT CAME ON AFTER A FEW MINS AND SAID WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO SAN JUAN TO CHK THE R ENG. WE CONTINUED TO DSND TOWARDS THE OCEAN AT VERY LOW LEVELS (LATER LEARNED IT WAS ABOUT 600 FT CLOSE) AND SINCE I WAS ON AN AFT-FACING JUMPSEAT; COULD NOT SEE AHEAD. WE DID LAND; AND FIRE CREWS FOLLOWED US ON RWY; SINCE PAX ON R HAD SEEN FLAMES FROM THE R ENG. EVERYTHING WAS FINE; ALTHOUGH CAPT HAD ADVISED THAT AN EVAC COULD BE NECESSARY. ALL WAS WELL; AND WE PROCEEDED TO THE GATE; WHERE WE WAITED 10 MINS FOR AN AGENT TO OPEN THE DOOR. PAX WERE CALMER THAN WE WERE; DON'T THINK THEY KNEW EXACTLY HOW BAD IT WAS. BUT KNOWING THAT AN AGENT WASN'T RIGHT THERE TO MEET US UPON ARR AFTER FIRE CREWS MEETING US; AND ALL THAT HAPPENED; WAS A VERY DISHEARTENING FEELING. SEEMS AS IF NO ONE ACTUALLY KNEW THE GRAVITY OF THE SIT.