Passengers were evacuated from a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane after a fire alarm on Saturday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The Boeing 777-300ER plane bound from Istanbul to Bangkok, was preparing to take off from the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul at 00: 35 a.m. local time (2235 GMT Friday) with 284 passengers and 14 crew members on board when pilots received a fire alarm in the cargo section, according to the report. Fire-fighting and search-and-rescue teams were sent to the plane, the report said, adding that emergency exit gates were opened to evacuate passengers. A total of 30 people were slightly injured because of panic among passengers during the evacuation, said the report. Fire-fighting teams could not find any traces of fire during their search in the plane, said the report, adding that another plane left for Bangkok after a nine- hour delay. 