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May 25, 2004 | 11:22 am

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LarryJ

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nanook

do airlines retire a flight number when that flight has crashed?

Strange thing about this flight number. AA191 isn't the only major crash of a flight 191. Delta 191 was the L1011 that crashed due to windshear while trying to land at DFW in August 1985.

There was also a fatal crash of Prinair Flight 191 as well as the fatal X15 Flight 191 on November 15, 1967.