British Airways A319 at London on Mar 6th 2014, engine surge

A British Airways Airbus A319-100, registration G-DBCG performing flight BA-364 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Lyon (France), was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 27L when an engine (V2524) emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames. The aircraft stopped the climb at 5000 feet, entered a hold and returned to Heathrow for a safe landing on runway 27L about 50 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The airline reported the engine suffered an engine surge. The passengers were taken to hotels and have been rebooked onto flights the following day.