The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States.

Aug 5, 2025 · The Hindenburg disaster occurred on 6 May 1937 when the German Zeppelin airship LZ 129 Hindenburg attempted to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, but burst into flames.

Hindenburg, German dirigible, the largest rigid airship ever constructed. In 1937 it caught fire and was destroyed; 36 people died in the disaster. The Hindenburg was a 245-metre- (804-foot-) long airship …

Feb 9, 2010 · The airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers …

Aug 14, 2025 · Rare footage from 1937 captures the last moments of the Nazi Hindenburg airship before it erupted in flames.

May 7, 2024 · When you hear the word “blimp,” one might think of the Goodyear blimp that flies around stadiums. While that would be correct, there was a blimp – or airship, as it was referred to back then …

Sep 17, 2024 · A new class of airship was developed: the Hindenburg class, which would contain over seven million cubic feet of hydrogen. The choice to use hydrogen was made despite the catastrophic …

LZ 129 Hindenburg was a Zeppelin, commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937.

LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of its class, the longest class of flying machine and the …

May 26, 2024 · On May 6, 1937, the German passenger airship Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, abruptly ending the era of zeppelin travel. …