The Hindenburg Went Wrong in 37 Seconds—Here's What Investigators Still Don't Know

Описание: 37 seconds. That's all it took to destroy the largest aircraft ever built and end the era of passenger airship travel forever.
May 6, 1937. The Hindenburg completes its transatlantic crossing and begins landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey. A flicker of flame appears at the tail. Within seconds, the entire 804-foot airship is engulfed in fire. 36 people die. 62 survive. And the most iconic disaster footage in history is captured on film and radio.
But why was the Hindenburg filled with hydrogen—one of the most flammable substances known—instead of safe helium? Why did America refuse to sell helium to Germany? How did anyone survive 37 seconds of fire consuming seven million cubic feet of hydrogen? And what actually ignited the disaster that investigators still debate today?
This is the complete story: the dream of airship travel, the engineering gamble with hydrogen, the luxury crossing that became a catastrophe, the survivors who escaped impossible odds, and the investigation that revealed probable causes but never absolute certainty. From the golden age of Zeppelins to the flames at Lakehurst, this is the Hindenburg disaster.
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