Dutchman avoids both Malaysian flight tragedies

A Dutch cyclist has avoided being on both tragic Malaysian Airlines flights MH17 and MH370 after being originally scheduled to fly on the two doomed aircraft.

Maarten de Jonge, a cyclist with the Terengganu Cycling Team in Malaysia, was supposed to be on flight MH370, which is still missing, in March on his way to a race in Taiwan.

However, Mr de Jonge switched flights, as he was keen to avoid a stopover which would have been necessary on that route.