Editing Flight number (section)

==Flight number changes==
Flight numbers are often taken out of use after a crash or a serious incident. Examples include:

* Following the disappearance of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]], the airline changed the flight number for subsequent flights following the same route to MH 318.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-13 |title=Malaysia Airlines to Retire Flight Number 370 - Southeast Asia Real Time - WSJ |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2014/03/13/airline-to-retire-call-sign-370/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314103628/https://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2014/03/13/airline-to-retire-call-sign-370/ |archive-date=2014-03-14 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Wall Street Journal}}</ref>
* After the crash of [[Air France Flight 447]] over the Atlantic Ocean, a regular scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, was changed to Air France Flight 445.<ref>{{cite news |language=de |title=AF 445 statt AF 447: Air France ändert Flugnummer auf der tragischen Unglücksroute |trans-title=AF 445 instead of AF 447: Air France changes the flight number of the route that had the tragic accident |url=http://bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischtes/AF-445-statt-AF-447--Air-France-aendert-Flugnummer-auf-der-tragischen-Ungluecksroute/story/10901518 |work=Baseler Zeitung |date=8 June 2009 |access-date=8 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612014942/http://bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischtes/AF-445-statt-AF-447--Air-France-aendert-Flugnummer-auf-der-tragischen-Ungluecksroute/story/10901518 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Following the crash of [[Asiana Airlines Flight 214]] in July 2013, Asiana change the numbered flight pairs from Asiana Airlines 213/214 to 211/212.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mather |first=Kate |date=2013-08-06 |title=Asiana Airlines to change number of Seoul-S.F. flight after crash |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-asiana-number-change-20130806-story.html |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>