US traveller who missed MH370 flight, prays for other passengers

A US traveller took to Twitter to inform his family and friends that he missed his Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight on Saturday morning.

Known as Kaiden IV with the Twitter handle @KaidenDL, he sent several tweets to say that he is fine. As of press time, his first tweet on March 8 received 334 retweets and 164 favorites.

@Cylithria can't reach you by phone. We missed the flight. Rory and I are OKAY Ria. I'm NOT ON THE FLIGHT RIA. IM OK.
— Kaiden IV (@KaidenDL) March 8, 2014

@Cylithria lighting up your notifications babydoll. I am ok. Missed our flight. I am safe Ria. Email, text, tweet so I know you see this
— Kaiden IV (@KaidenDL) March 8, 2014

@Cylithria I am so sorry. Get off your phone, I can't call through sweetheart. I love you. I'm so sorry.
— Kaiden IV (@KaidenDL) March 8, 2014

He admitted getting angry for missing his flight, but felt blessed soon after.

I was very angry at Ria, because she'd gotten sick and I had to cover her. I was working on that, missed my flight to China. Grew angrier.
— Kaiden IV (@KaidenDL) March 8, 2014

Now Rory and I shake. But for the Grace of God we'd be on that flight. Damn my ego. Instead of updating her, the office, I stewed.
— Kaiden IV (@KaidenDL) March 8, 2014

Earlier, it was reported that Jessica Yee Wai Ching also missed her flight after she was confused on her flight date. Thinking that she had to be at the airport on Saturday evening, she immediately packed her bags on Friday evening to catch her flight midnight flight.

However, she managed to call MAS for her flight date to be changed and the MBA student at Tsinghua University is scheduled to leave for Beijing on Monday.

The MH370 Boeing 777-200 aircraft carrying 239 passengers and crew lost contact with the Air Traffic Control Centre in Subang at 2:41 am Saturday, about two hours after takeoff. It was supposed to reach Beijing at 6.30am.

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