THY A333 at Istanbul on Aug 3rd 2014, tower observed flames from engine

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-JOA performing flight TK-3 from Istanbul (Turkey) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing out of Istanbul's Ataturk Airport when upon contacting departure the departure controller advised the crew that tower had seen a small flame from the right hand engine (CF6). The crew replied they had normal indications but stopped the climb at 6000 feet, entered a hold and subsequently returned to Ataturk for a safe landing about 2.5 hours after departure.

A replacement Airbus A330-300 registration TC-JNJ reached New York with a delay of 5 hours.