My grandfather was originally scheduled to travel on the ill-fated last voyage of the RMS Lusitania, but thankfully had to change his plans at the last minute.
If you describe something as ill-fated, you mean that it ended or will end in an unsuccessful or unfortunate way. England's footballers are back home after their ill-fated trip to Algeria. unlucky and leading to serious problems or death
marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W H Prescott