• A passenger's battery charger caught fire on a JetBlue flight from Florida to the Bahamas.
• Crew on the Airbus A320-200 put out the fire, which caused smoke in the cabin.
• The Bahamas Air Accident Investigation Authority said it was investigating the incident.

Smoke and flames erupted in the cabin of a JetBlue flight last month after a passenger's portable charger overheated and caught fire in their carry-on luggage.

The flight on April 25, operated by an Airbus A320-200 aircraft, took off from Fort Lauderdale International Airport bound for Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, the Bahamas.

The Bahamas Air Accident Investigation Authority said the plane was about 50 miles from Nassau when a portable charging device ignited, resulting in smoke and flames in the cabin.

Crew put out the fire with water and placed the device in the trash bin of the aircraft's front bathroom, the authority said on its website.

The pilots then contacted air traffic control to advise them of the emergency situation.

The flight landed safely and there were no injuries or serious damage.

The AAIA is investigating the incident, which was first reported by Simple Flying.

It's just another example of the risks posed in the air by rechargeable batteries. They are commonly found in chargers and other electronic devices and can become dangerous if they overheat.

In March last year a Breeze Airways flight made an emergency landing after a passenger's laptop caught fire.

FAA regulations state that devices containing lithium ion or lithium metal batteries — covering everything from laptops and smartphones to electric skateboards — should be put in your carry-on, rather than hold baggage.

JetBlue did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

• Part of a Frontier Airlines plane caught fire upon landing in Las Vegas last month.
• 19 passengers suing the airline say they were kept on a smoke-filled plane for nearly an hour.
• The NTSB's report said firefighters told the pilots the smoke had been eliminated.

A group of Frontier Airlines passengers say they were kept on board a smoke-filled plane for nearly an hour in a lawsuit filed last week.

The 19 plaintiffs were among the 197 people on board Flight 1326 from San Diego to Las Vegas on October 5.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report into the incident, the Airbus A321 was arriving at Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport when it suffered a brake fire. Photos and video of the incident show smoke and flames coming from the aircraft.

The flight's first officer told investigators that, shortly before descent, the cabin crew detected an odor in the cabin, which was then smelled in the cockpit, too.

The report added that after the pilots declared an emergency, their display screens were limited, and they had some difficulty communicating with air traffic control.

Friday's lawsuit, filed in the Nevada District Court, says that the cabin was filled with smoke and became "extraordinarily hot."

It adds that passengers were also subjected to "the violent impact of the landing" after tires exploded and landing gear collapsed.

Emergency services came onto the runway to extinguish the fire.

The 190 passengers and seven crew were evacuated via the air stairs and took a bus to the terminal, a Frontier spokesperson previously told Business Insider. They added that nobody was injured.

The lawsuit says that before evacuating, passengers were "held on a sweltering smoke-filled aircraft for nearly an hour."

The NTSB's report said the pilots began the emergency evacuation checklist but firefighters told them the fire was extinguished and the smoke was eliminated.

Frontier Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI about the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs accused the airline of negligence and asked for at least $15,000 in both general and special damages, plus lost wages and attorneys' fees.

NTSB and Federal Aviation Administration investigations into the incident are ongoing.