A number of passengers have been injured on an emergency on a Thomas Cook aircraft in Egypt. Picture: YouTube

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.

The Thomas Cook aircraft on the runway. Picture: YouTubeSource:Supplied

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.

Others claimed they had been left without any information after the dramatic incident.

Wendy wrote: “This was not a controlled evacuation, it was an emergency one with people getting injured. They then left people standing by the plane.”

Claire McIlroy tweeted: “Sis family stuck, bro in law injured during evac!”

Fawwaz Khan‏ said: “Not happy at all! What is going on with my sisters flight? Evacuation, stranded, no info!”

This article first appeared in The Sun and is republished here with permission.