As the nose of the airplane began to fall, the chaos in the cockpit began to rise. The first officer tells the NTSB that he “knew the captain was having difficulty with airspeed control” as ...

Imoto Lines quickly expanded the concept, commissioning two more airplane-nose vessels. In 2018, the Nagara joined the fleet, followed by the larger S-562 Nogami in 2022, with an even greater 670 ...