2001-11-14 04:00:00 PDT New York-- Investigators focused today on how the tail fin of American Airlines Flight 587 snapped off the fuselage as the jetliner broke apart and crashed, killing more ...

NEW YORK – Investigators don't yet know why the tail fin and rudder broke off in flight just before American Airlines 587 crashed, but such a catastrophic loss has occurred just once before in ...

Some military planes, such as the Northrop B-2 Spirit, are designed without a tail fin because it makes them less visible to radar. Instead, they use flaps that create extra drag on just one side ...

For decades, she delighted children visiting an aquarium in Okinawa until a mysterious disease began eating away her tail fin. To save her life, almost all her tail fin had to be amputated.