ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 917
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| Date: | Thursday 6 May 1937 |
| Time: | 19:25 |
| Type: | Zeppelin LZ.129 Hindenburg |
| Owner/operator: | Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei (DZR) |
| Registration: | D-LZ129 |
| MSN: | LZ129 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 96 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lakehurst NAS, NJ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt |
| Lakehurst NAS, NJ | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The zeppelin caught fire while being moored. The aircraft was totally destroyed by fire.
35 out of the 96 occupants died.
One person on the ground was also killed.
Investigations at the time concluded that the accident was caused by a spark that ignited leaking hydrogen but did not determine the origin of the spark or the leak.
British aeronautical engineer Jem Stansfield, who is responsible for the new study, and his colleagues recently found that the airship was in fact charged with static electricity after passing through a thunderstorm, while a broken gas line is likely to have been the cause of the hydrogen leakage into the air shafts.
When the ground crew grabbed the landing ropes, they brought the aircraft into contact with the ground and the fire then broke out in the back of the Hindenburg, igniting the hydrogen.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/hindenburg-the-new-evidence/?utm_campaign=nova&utm_content=1621612883&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2008 05:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2008 10:33 | Matio | Updated |
| 27-Jan-2008 12:00 | JINX | Updated |
| 17-Feb-2008 14:05 | JINX | Updated |
| 03-Nov-2012 04:57 | harro | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2021 10:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 04-Sep-2021 10:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2021 13:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 04-Sep-2021 13:46 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Mar-2022 06:46 | PolandMoment | Updated [Narrative] |
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