Hindenburg Crashes In Flames

(31 Dec 1937) Zeppelin Crashes In Flames
An unforgetable scene of horror is recorded as the zeppelin Hindenburg, Germany's "pride of skies", explodes just prior to docking in Lakehurst, New Jersey, after a trans-Atlantic flight. A burst of flame suddenly engulfs the stern of dirigible and almost instantly transforms the entire airship into a blazing inferno. Dozens of passengers are burned to death and scores of others badly injured. It is an air disaster that shocks the world.
(Accident, Balloon, Aviation)

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