lwarren17....
Believe it or not it's probably you unlucky...
What you are blanking out is the (x) additional flights that went
off without a problem.
It's a function of queuing theory that any random event can be
seen over a period of time to bunch up, and, it's human nature
to start to see patterns where none actually exist. It's explained
rather nicely here...
Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math and Probability: Amazon.co.uk: Colin Bruce: Books
My work tends to focus on this line of math and it's applicable from Phone
exchanges to evacuating Football grounds.
Regards
DaveA