A YOUNG figure skater appears to have barely dodged the disastrous American Airlines plane crash with a Black Hawk helicopter that claimed 64 lives.

Jon Maravilla was set to board the doomed flight after a skating competition, but his dog saved him from plunging into the Potomac River near Washington DC.

On Wednesday afternoon, the skater shared live updates on his Instagram as he awaited the flight from Wichita, Kansas, to the US capital.

At one point, he shared a picture of the airport and wrote that he wasn’t allowed past the gate.

He later shared a picture of himself driving on the road and said, “14-hour journey begins.”

Speaking with the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, Maravilla revealed that he wasn’t allowed to board the 5:18 pm ET flight because his dog was too big.