About 4-5 yr ago I was on a plane after a relaxing 7 day cruise with my then girlfriend, now fiancee. YVR-SEA was okay and when we arrived at SEA, it was already nighttime. Asked my wife whether or not to take the red-eye to MSP or to ask the GA to fly tomorrow morning. She said lets just get home. We were off and maybe 45 min into the flight, sparks flew out of the engine and we heard awful noises throughout the cabin. Some passengers started freaking out and the FAs had to calm a few people down. The pilot then came over the PA and came forward with the truth. I really hate pilots that BS around, I just want to know. One of the engines on the 757 had totally failed. We were diverted to GTF. Just to let you know how small a city GTF is, people had to be woken up to get the airport open. We sat on the plane for an hour. We sat in the terminal for 2 and then were all sent to hotels. It was 4 AM by then.

Not a big deal but hearing the screams and passengers freaking out had me going for a while.