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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 8:02 pm
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AeroWesty
 
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Originally Posted by swag
But I'm wondering, do airlines ever retire flight numbers from incidents on other airlines?
I don't believe there's much of a pattern. Both UA and DL still use 800 (though AA doesn't), while AA still uses Flight 1 despite a fatal crash on the same route where all onboard died.
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