AT least two people were injured as holidaymakers frantically evacuated a Thomas Cook plane in Egypt after smoke filled the cabin.
The Sun reports passengers on a flight heading from the Red Sea resort Hurghada to London Gatwick had to be evacuated using emergency slides just moments before take-off after smoke began coming from underneath a passenger’s seat.
It comes just days after a knifeman stabbed two female tourists to death in a beach rampage at the popular resort Hurghada.
Two German women were killed and four injured in the terrifying attack on Friday.
Thomas Cook said the smoke on board the plane was caused by a mechanical issue and was not terror-related.
The airline said all 251 passengers and nine crew on board Flight MT519 made it off the plane in a “controlled evacuation”.
But Twitter users said it was more like an “emergency” and said people were injured as they rushed to exit the Boeing 757-300 last night.
Source: Thomas Cook: passengers flee as aircraft fills with smoke in Egypt
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