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| Date: | Tuesday 4 April 1933 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: | Goodyear-Zeppelin U.S.S. Akron |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | ZRS-4 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 73 / Occupants: 76 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Barnegat, New Jersey -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Lakehurst, NJ |
While beginning a trip to the New England area, Akron encountered a violent storm over the New Jersey coast and, shortly after midnight on 4 April 1933, crashed tail-first into the sea.
Sources:
Naval Historical Center
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qL4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZLYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1584,228922&dq=blimp+crash&hl=en]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron_(ZRS-4)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2008 05:42 | harro | Added |
| 27-Apr-2013 07:27 | ryan | Updated [Source, ] |
| 23-Apr-2015 17:49 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, ] |
| 22-May-2021 10:44 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 17:57 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Operator, ] |
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