Narrative:

During the initial cockpit check; the APU fuel lp valve ECAM came on. Wrote maintenance write up and maintenance came up to try to fix it. Couldn't; so they deferred it which in opted the APU. Had to do an engine start at the gate (left engine). Pushed back normally. Since we had a wheels up of 44 minutes past the hour; we taxied single engine. About 10 minutes prior to wheels up we started the right engine. (All parameters normal). Had about 8 minutes on the right engine when we were cleared into position on to runway 22R. Still everything normal. First officer was his leg. We were cleared for take off. Again all was normal; about 100 mph heard a noise and (thought the right tire had blown) felt the airplane lurch slightly. By then 110 kts. I told the first officer I had the airplane and did a high speed abort. Everything went like clockwork. The first officer was sure it was the nose gear; I felt it was the right main. Ground control said saw no smoke so we taxied to the gate (16). They had us wait with one engine (left) running waiting for a customer service representative at gate 16. After 5 minutes with left engine running our purser called and said a passenger at 21F had seen sparks and fire from the right engine. Now all this time we thought it was tire problems. I got on the operations frequency said we needed a customer service representative to get the jetway now! Finally after a couple of minutes they came. I ordered the passengers off which I'm sure the customer service representative's would have done too. Our abort went like a perfect abort. First officer and I worked very well together. Only fault I had with myself; we did not declare an emergency. I had thought it but again we thought it was only a tire issue especially when airport operations said everything looked fine outside. My thought it was tire debris that made the airplane swerve slightly. We had no loud sounds in cockpit; no ecams came on. Everything looked normal. When maintenance came on board; found on cids that the 2 engine stall occurred. We were surprised then I spoke with the passenger in 21F; and it was a textbook scenario of a compressor stall. Sparks then none when power brought up then on takeoff he heard a boom and a ball of fire coming out of the right engine. Again; my surprise was how quiet it was in the cockpit. No indications etc. Either. My complaints would be as follows: 1. Lack of communications and follow through on the part of company operations. 2. Shows on the cids we had an engine stall but nothing on ECAM. 3. I should have regardless what happened declared an emergency. Can always retract it for future reference for myself.

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Title: An A320 crew rejected a takeoff at 110 knots thinking that a tire had blown. At the gate it was discovered that a passenger saw flames from the right engine which was confirmed on the CIDS by maintenance as a compressor stall.

Narrative: During the initial cockpit check; the APU FUEL LP VALVE ECAM came on. Wrote maintenance write up and maintenance came up to try to fix it. Couldn't; so they deferred it which in opted the APU. Had to do an engine start at the gate (left engine). Pushed back normally. Since we had a wheels up of 44 minutes past the hour; we taxied single engine. About 10 minutes prior to wheels up we started the right engine. (all parameters normal). Had about 8 minutes on the right engine when we were cleared into position on to runway 22R. Still everything normal. First officer was his leg. We were cleared for take off. Again all was normal; about 100 mph heard a noise and (thought the right tire had blown) felt the airplane lurch slightly. By then 110 kts. I told the First Officer I had the airplane and did a high speed abort. Everything went like clockwork. The First Officer was sure it was the nose gear; I felt it was the right main. Ground control said saw no smoke so we taxied to the gate (16). They had us wait with one engine (left) running waiting for a Customer Service Representative at gate 16. After 5 minutes with left engine running our purser called and said a passenger at 21F had seen sparks and fire from the right engine. Now all this time we thought it was tire problems. I got on the operations frequency said we needed a Customer Service Representative to get the jetway now! Finally after a couple of minutes they came. I ordered the passengers off which I'm sure the Customer Service Representative's would have done too. Our abort went like a perfect abort. First Officer and I worked very well together. Only fault I had with myself; we did not declare an emergency. I had thought it but again we thought it was only a tire issue especially when Airport Operations said everything looked fine outside. My thought it was tire debris that made the airplane swerve slightly. We had no loud sounds in cockpit; No ECAMs came on. Everything looked normal. When maintenance came on board; found on CIDS that the 2 engine stall occurred. We were surprised then I spoke with the passenger in 21F; and it was a textbook scenario of a compressor stall. Sparks then none when power brought up then on takeoff he heard a boom and a ball of fire coming out of the right engine. Again; my surprise was how quiet it was in the cockpit. No indications etc. either. My complaints would be as follows: 1. Lack of communications and follow through on the part of Company Operations. 2. Shows on the CIDS we had an engine stall but nothing on ECAM. 3. I should have regardless what happened declared an emergency. Can always retract it for future reference for myself.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.