AA flight from Philadelphia makes emergency landing after passenger's device caught fire

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An American Airlines flight from Philadelphia had to make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles Airport this weekend.

American Airlines said Flight 357 "landed safely" at Dulles "following reports of smoke from a customer's device."

A passenger's personal device caught fire which sent smoke billowing throughout the cabin early Saturday.

Flight attendants quickly jumped in, using a fire suppression bag to put out the flames.

"The device was quickly contained by crew members prior to landing," the airline said in a statement.

Emergency personnel met the aircraft on the runway when it landed around 11:50 a.m. Saturday.

Passenger Adriana Novello, 22, said in a video shared with ABC News that she was seated in an exit row on the flight and was sleeping when she was awakened by one of the flight attendants jumping on her seat to get the fire extinguisher.

"Then I started smelling smoke, and a lot of people on the plane were coughing," she said. "But I looked behind me, and what we could tell was that there was something on fire in the aisle."

The flight took off from Philadelphia and was headed to Phoenix. The airline said there were 160 customers and 6 crew members on board.

Officials didn't specify what type of device it was.

No one was hurt.

The Federal Aviation Administration is now investigating.

ABC News contributed to this report.