Was the Hindenburg disaster inevitable? The massive airship was built to lead a new era of air travel, but instead, it met a fiery fate. What really happened that day, and could this tragedy have been ...

The Hindenburg’s fiery crash in 1937 was a historic event, but there was some mystery as to what caused the explosion. There has also been plenty of speculation as to how the dirigible caught ...

Video: Hindenburg passenger recalls her flight This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Fire in the sky: Hindenburg airship exploded over Shore 88 years ago ...

LAKEWOOD, N.J. — Its silvery bulk shattered by a terrific explosion, the German air liner Hindenburg plunged in flames at the United States Naval air station tonight, with indications that 34 of ...

In front of horrified onlookers, the Hindenburg exploded and plunged to the ground in flames. Thirty-five of those on board died. Now, 76 years later, a team of experts claims to have solved one of ...

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Bruno, press relations representative of the American Zeppelin Transport Company, tonight gave a vivid account of the blast which destroyed the huge dirigible Hindenburg. "Storm conditions were ...

Despite the 1937 disaster wherein a hydrogen-powered German airship known as the Hindenburg exploded over New Jersey killing 36, dirigibles have remained in flight for over 170 years. Known also ...

That changed in 1937 when the Hindenburg exploded above Lakehurst, New Jersey. The dirigible was circling the airport there while waiting out the rain that had moved in. Floating among the rain ...

As the largest airship ever built, the LZ-129 − better known as the Hindenburg − tried to dock in Lakehurst after a trans-Atlantic flight, it burst into flames. Thirteen of its 36 passengers ...