Narrative:

Flight was late leaving the gate due to WX, taxiing to the gate from the hangar and deicing. We took off around XA40 and about 10 mins into flight 2-3 loud bangs occurred coming from the engine, at the same time the aircraft vibrated and bounced or shook. I took my jump seat and called the captain. He made several announcements and told us we would be returning to ZZZ. Captain gave us a quick briefing and told us there was no indication in the cockpit of anything amiss. The engines became louder and louder. We landed without incident. Emergency equipment met our aircraft. We got to the gate and our captain told us it was a compressor stall and also something in the right engine thrust itself forward and bent the blades of the engine forward towards the nose of the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS IN CLB AFTER TKOF, R ENG MADE LOUD BANGS AND BEGAN VIBRATING. FLT RETURNED WITH RPTED COMPRESSOR STALLS AND BLADE DAMAGE.

Narrative: FLT WAS LATE LEAVING THE GATE DUE TO WX, TAXIING TO THE GATE FROM THE HANGAR AND DEICING. WE TOOK OFF AROUND XA40 AND ABOUT 10 MINS INTO FLT 2-3 LOUD BANGS OCCURRED COMING FROM THE ENG, AT THE SAME TIME THE ACFT VIBRATED AND BOUNCED OR SHOOK. I TOOK MY JUMP SEAT AND CALLED THE CAPT. HE MADE SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TOLD US WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO ZZZ. CAPT GAVE US A QUICK BRIEFING AND TOLD US THERE WAS NO INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT OF ANYTHING AMISS. THE ENGS BECAME LOUDER AND LOUDER. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMER EQUIP MET OUR ACFT. WE GOT TO THE GATE AND OUR CAPT TOLD US IT WAS A COMPRESSOR STALL AND ALSO SOMETHING IN THE R ENG THRUST ITSELF FORWARD AND BENT THE BLADES OF THE ENG FORWARD TOWARDS THE NOSE OF THE ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.