NK259 - Accident: Spirit A320 near Jacksonville on Mar 1st 2023

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N695NK performing flight NK-259 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Orlando,FL (USA), was enroute at FL350 about 90nm westnorthwest of Jacksonville,FL (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Jacksonville due to passenger's battery stored in an overhead locker, that caught fire and emitted smoke. While cabin crew extinguished the fire and secured the battery, the flight crew performed a safe landing on Jacksonville's runway 26 about 25 minutes later. Ten people were taken to hospitals.

The Jacksonville Fire department reported ten people were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The fire originated from a battery in a passenger's carry on luggage.