美联航悍然启用911失事航班编号

    航空公司通常会停止使用坠毁航班的编号，但今年5月，联合航空公司（United Airlines）做出了一项错误决定，恢复使用联航93号航班与联航175号航班编号。这两架航班在911事件中被劫持，并最终坠毁，它们的编号成为这家航空公司最著名的失事航班编号。

    之后，联合航空公司很快致歉，并在这两个航班恢复飞行之前取消了这两个编号。公司表示，在联合航空公司与大陆航空公司（Continental Airlines）合并之后，需要对航班编号进行统一，所有编号均是由计算机自动生成。

    联航93号航班因同名电影而出名。这架航班在宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔镇坠毁。飞机坠毁之前，机上的乘客重新夺取了飞机控制权。——克里斯•伊西多尔

United Airlines' unfortunate flight numbers

    Airlines typically retire the number of any flight that ends in a crash. But in May, United Airlines mistakenly brought back the numbers of its two most famous crashes -- United 93 and United 175, the airline's flights that were hijacked on Sept. 11.

    United quickly apologized and immediately removed the numbers before any of the flights got close to taking off. It said the numbers had been generated by a computer as it aligned flight numbers between United and Continental Airlines following the merger.

    United 93 achieved a lasting recognition from the movie of the same name about the passengers who regained control of the flight before it crashed into Shanksville, Pa. -- Chris Isidore