Nearly every other week, he flew on Japan Airlines from ... hole at the base of the vertical stabilizer. Had a cover been in place, the extreme pressure change on JAL 123 may not have blown ...

The last one was in 1985, when a Japan Airlines plane crashed and killed 505 passengers and 15 crew members, causing ridership to plummet in the months after. On August 12, 1985, Flight 123 was 12 ...