Discover the harrowing story of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history. Explore how aviation safety was transformed by this tragedy, leading to today's safer ...

But reporters have always written their stories in vertical format even though their tools changed from manuscript paper to word processors and to personal computers. But alas, the time has come.

This year, satellite communication was available for the first time at the Mount Osutakayama ridge where a Japan Airlines jumbo jet came down on Aug. 12, 1985, killing 520 passengers and crew members.

Narrow European streets are not conducive to the wider stabilizer base of center-mount machines. Vertical stabilizers, on the other hand, maintain the existing footprint. “The vertical ...