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Flight 191 memorial

Memorial of the victims of the 1979 American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Intl. Airport in Chicago

Hekatenenekontahenophobia (from Greek hekato, "one hundred", enenekonta, "ninety", and hen, "one") is the fear of the number 191. Fear of the number has close ties with fear of number 11 because the sum of digits in 191 is 11, as well as fear of number 911 by simply rearranging them. The fear of the number came about due to numerous airplane crashes that has flight number 191, including most infamously American Airlines Flight 191 that crashed shortly after takeoff at O'Hare Airport in Chicago on May 25, 1979. Upon hearing about this fact led them to think there must be superstition, specifically the curse and unluckiness, relating to the number 191 that make them afraid and that it may go beyond aviation. In fact, the Listverse webpage lists 191 as the unluckiest number.

People suffering this fear would goshly stay off on an airplane that has flight numbered 191, as well as not being in any non-airplane vehicle numbered 191, such as that said on a license plate. More severe sufferers would avoid being in that number even outside of a vehicle, such as avoid being in the room 191 in a hotel or going/buying a house whose address is 191 or where the last three digits reads 191, such as 4191 or 17191, while some would not live in a zip code where the last three digits being 191, in fears that very unfortunate event could occur to them.

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Number phobias
Oudenophobia (fear of 0) · Henophobia (fear of 1) · Dyophobia (fear of 2) · Triskaphobia (fear of 3) · Tetraphobia (fear of 4) · Pentaphobia (fear of 5) · Hexaphobia (fear of 6) · Heptaphobia (fear of 7) · Octophobia (fear of 8) · Enneaphobia (fear of 9) · Decaphobia (fear of 10) · Hendecaphobia (fear of 11) · Dodecaphobia (fear of 12) · Triskaidekaphobia (fear of 13) · Tetradecaphobia (fear of 14) · Dekapentophobia (fear of 15) Hexadecaphobia (fear of 16) · Heptadecaphobia (fear of 17) · Octodecaphobia (fear of 18) · Enneadecaphobia (fear of 19) · Eikosiphobia (fear of 20) · Eikosihenaphobia (fear of 21) · Eikosidyophobia (fear of 22) · Eikositriophobia (fear of 23) · Eikositetraphobia (fear of 24) · Eikosipentaphobia (fear of 25) · Eikosihexaphobia (fear of 26) · Eikosiheptaphobia (fear of 27) · Eikosioctaphobia (fear of 28) · Eikosienneaphobia (fear of 29) · Trigintiphobia (fear of 30) · Triacontahenphobia (fear of 31) · Triantadyophobia (fear of 32) · Triantatriaphobia (fear of 33) · Triantatesseraphobia (fear of 34) Triantapentaphobia (fear of 35) · Triantahexaphobia (fear of 36) · Triakontenneaphobia (fear of 39) · Tessarakontadyophobia (fear of 42) · Tessarakontaheptaphobia (fear of 47) · Pentekontoctophobia (fear of 58) · Hexekontadyophobia (fear of 62) · Hexekontenneaphobia (fear of 69) · Hebdomekontahenophobia (fear of 71) · Ogdokontaheptaphobia (fear of 87) · Enenekontenneaphobia (fear of 99) · Hekatophobia (fear of 100) · Hekatohendecaphobia (fear of 111) · Hekatenenekontahenophobia (fear of 191) · Diakosioihekkaidekaphobia (fear of 216) · Diakosioipentekontaphobia (fear of 250) · Triakosioitriakontatriophobia (fear of 333) · Tetrakosioeikosiphobia (fear of 420) · Pentakosioipentekontahenophobia (fear of 551) · Hexakosioihekkaidekaphobia (fear of 616) · Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (fear of 666) · Heftakosioitessarakontaheptaphobia (fear of 747) · Enniakosioihendecaphobia (fear of 911) · Enniakosioenenekontenneaphobia (fear of 999) · Quattuormiliasescentoruphobia (fear of 4600) · Tessarakontadyochilahexekontenneaphobia (fear of 42069) · Compustitusnumerophobia (fear of composite numbers) · Meganumerophobia (fear of large numbers) · Imparnumerophobia (fear of odd numbers) · Omalonumerophobia (fear of even numbers) · Piphobia (fear of pi) · Phiphobia (fear of the golden ratio) · Primonumerophobia (fear of prime numbers) · Paranumerophobia (fear of irrational numbers) · Neganumerophobia (fear of negative numbers) · Decadisophobia (fear of decimals)
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