A B737 flight attendant reported that a return to the departure airport, ZZZ, was called for after the captain was unable to retract the flaps during climb out.

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Attributes
ACN	627489
Time
Date	200407
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 6 flight attendant time total : 6 flight attendant time type : 30
ASRS Report	627489
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After tof, while still climbing, we were notified of need to go bac to ZZZ due to mechanical (flaps would not retract).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT A RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT, ZZZ, WAS CALLED FOR AFTER THE CAPT WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT THE FLAPS DURING CLBOUT.

Narrative: AFTER TOF, WHILE STILL CLBING, WE WERE NOTIFIED OF NEED TO GO BAC TO ZZZ DUE TO MECHANICAL (FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT).

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.