:( :td: I dont like this thread.

To my knowledge, Ive only been in one A/C that later went down.
N14053, also known as American 587. A300 that crashed in the nyc area in 2001.

I had flown that flight often before, but in this specific case I had to reschedule the day before the departure (Nov 11th 2001 is when I rescheduled) due to work commitments. The company has never before been so happy with making me stay in NY for 2 extra days, and Ive never been happier about it either. Its quite spooky to think about to be honest :(

I've been in 3 shunts on twins (Goose, YS-11A and Navajo) in Alaska; walked away from them all but the planes were pretty beat up. The Goose later crashed with just the pilot (who I knew) on board.

I generally don't track these things, but assume I will have been on G-YMMM, which was the BA 777 which tanked upon landing at LHR (no fatalities).

One case I do know of was what I thought was a YAK 40 used for domestics in Cuba to transport crew from Havana to Santiago de Cuba. It dropped into the wash just a couple weeks after I flew on it - although no reference on wikipedia, so perhaps it was a sister aeroplane type?

A college friend of mine was on that flight.

That is unfortunate. Very sad for everyone.

No Survivors Repoted In ATR 72 Crash In Cuba
 

Yep this one. :-(


http://www.gossipjackal.com/world/20...crash-in-cuba/

Shot down once. Pilot got the silver star crash-landing a burning C-130. I was one of the 50 troopers on board whose lives he saved.

I was on the Cozumel to Cichen Itza flight that went down in the gulf a year later. Wasn't that surprised. Windows held with duct tape. Seat belts didn't work. I was more adventurous in those days.

I would believe my dad was aboard the Eagle ATR-72 before it crashed at Roselawn, IN in 94 (He wasn't on that flight) but he flew a lot for Business.

Don't really know, as it is not my habit to track tail numbers. (Maybe I should start.)

I knew someone who was absolutely convinced that he had been on the UA DC-10 that crashed in Sioux City, based on the fact that he had taken that flight several times. I could not persuade him that flight numbers do not necessarily map to specific aircraft.

I also knew someone who was ticketed for that Texas micro-burst on landing (or crashing) flight in the 80s or 90s, but managed to get on a flight the previous day.

I chose an option other than the American Eagle flight from Indianapolis to Chicago that day.

I wonder if there is anyone here who had tried to standby for a flight that crashed, and failed to get on, or anyone who missed a flight that crashed.

I've often wondered the same as the OP.

I'm only aware of being on one aircraft that was subsequently lost. I flew quite a few times on OH-HCI, the Copterline S76C that went down between Tallinn and Helsinki in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copterline_Flight_103.

I did also one fly on G-BDXH the BA 747-200 that went through the ash cloud over Indonesia, but that was about 10 years after the fact.

Family legend
 

A often told family story is about Grandfather in law who in 1956 cancelled his planned flight UA from LAX from Chicago. He didn't fly due to a really bad head cold. That flight was one of the two that collided over the Grand Canyon. GFIL went on and lived a long and very prosperous life.

This summer on our rafting trip down through the Grand Canyon the guide showed us the spot. If you look up at a certain point just after the Little Colorado confluence at the base of Temple Butte, you can still see metal. They have never been able to extract all of the plane fragments from the rocks. It is an extremely sobering sight. Two planes a TWA and UA crashed directly over the canyon. It is a heart wrenching sight.

God Bless to all who have lost their loved ones in air accidents.