The Hindenburg made 10 trips to the United States in 1936.

10.4 Flammable fabric disaster hypothesis.

The publicity shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the abrupt end of the airship era.

A variety of hypotheses have been put forward for both the cause of ignition and the initial fuel for the ensuing fire. The disaster was the subject of newsreel coverage, photographs and Herbert Morrison's recorded radio eyewitness reports from the landing field, which were broadcast the next day. The accident caused 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen) from the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), and an additional fatality on the ground. The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst.

The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. NAS Lakehurst, Lakehurst Borough, New Jersey, U.S. Photograph of the Hindenburg descending in flamesĬaught fire during landing cause undetermined

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