There are at least three instances of flight numbers that have suffered two serious accidents : Flight 253 of Linea Aeropostal Venezolana ( both in 1956 , the first in June , and the second in November ) , Flight 869 of United Arab Airlines ( the first in 1962 and the second in 1963 ) , and Flight 800 of TWA ( the first in 1964 and the second in 1996 ) .
There are at least four instances of flight numbers that have suffered two serious accidents , the last set being Flight 383 of American Airlines ( the first in 1965 and the second in 2016 ) .