Maarten de Jonge (born 9 March 1985) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who rode professionally for ten teams during his career. He claims to have attempted to fly on both
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared on 8 March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination ...
and
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian forces on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Cont ...
, but changed flights in order to save money.
It has never been independently confirmed that de Jonge ever booked tickets for either flight. According to Slate, de Jonge only mentioned he wanted to fly on the day MH17 crashed, but he never mentioned that he booked a ticket for that flight. Slate also mentioned that there was no reason for de Jonge to book a flight on MH370.
[Martin Enserink, “Myths and Misreporting About Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Did a Dutch cyclist really almost take both doomed flights?,” Slate, July 22, 2014, https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/myths-of-malaysia-airlines-crashes-100-aids-researchers-man-almost-took-mh17-and-mh370.html]
Major results
;2008
: 3rd
Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
: 5th Overall
Tour des Pyrénées
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;2010
: 3rd Overall
Flèche du Sud
;2011
: 8th
Neuseen Classics
;2012
: 4th Overall
Tour de Serbie
;2014
: 1st Stage 4
Tour of Thailand
The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ...
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1985 births
Living people
Dutch male cyclists
People from Oldenzaal
Cyclists from Overijssel