U.S: Young figure skater saved from deadly flight after dog was too big to board

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A young American figure skater was saved from the doomed American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter after he was barred from boarding the plane because his dog was too big.  

Jon Maravilla was set to be among the passengers on board Flight 5342, which plunged into Washington DC’s Potomac River after the midair collision with a Black Hawk helicopter shortly before 9pm ET Wednesday.  

The figure skater told RIA Novosti that after he was told he couldn’t bring his dog onboard, he decided to take a car instead.

Maravilla posted about the ordeal on his Instagram story Wednesday, writing: ‘Not allowed past gate to board flight. Get me tf out of Kansas please.’