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Why does FlightAware show two airlines flights operating simultaneously with the same flight number? Is that possible?

April 26, 2017Airlines flight FlightAware flights operating possible simultaneously

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Why does FlightAware show two airlines flights operating simultaneously with the same flight number? Is that possible?

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Unfortunately, this is not a bug. It seems that some airlines occasionally have duplicate flight numbers in the air at the same time with different origins and destinations. When tracking a flight that is in the air twice, the arrival/departure history will be accurate but the position, speed, and altitude will be unreliable.