Holidaymakers were injured as they were evacuating a London-bound Thomas Cook plane in Egypt after smoke started rising from beneath a passenger’s seat.
Emergency slides were deployed from the Thomas Cook Boeing 757-300 (reg. G-JMOG) from Hurghada on Egypt's Red Sea coastline to London Gatwick, at around 1.40am local time on Wednesday.
One passenger was taken to hospital with a suspected shoulder injury following the flight's evacuation, and two others were treated at the airport clinic.
A spokesman for the travel company said: "Flight MT519 to London Gatwick carried out a controlled evacuation before take-off at Hurghada airport after the crew reported a smell of burning and smoke at the rear of the cabin.
@ThomasCookUK update on mt519 from #hurghada? Sis family stuck, bro in law injured during evac! More on twitter than ur rep telling them!!
— Claire McIlroy (@McIlroyClaire) July 19, 2017
"Our customers' safety is always our top priority and we are very sorry for the delay."