Couple who were meant to fly on MH17 tell of their lucky escape
July 18, 2014  12:22
And as with any plan crash, stories of people who cancelled the flight.

Barry and Izzy Sim had been booked to travel on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which has been shot down on the Russia-Ukraine border, killing 298 people including 27 Australians.But the couple, who were travelling with their baby, rebooked to a later flight with another airline after learning the flight was full, the UK's Telegraph reported.

They have spoken about their shock at hearing the tragic news."You get this sick feeling in the pit of your stomach,' Mr Sim said. "We started getting butterflies. Your heartbeat starts going."There must have been someone watching over us and saying 'you must not get on that flight'.'

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