The dirigible crashed due to inclement weather.
The German dirigible 'Hindenburg' probably carried the most trans-Atlantic passengers. This is the airship that crashed and burned at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and crashed in Lakehurst New Jersey on May 6, 1937
Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
The Hindenburg crashed at the Naval Air Station in Lakehrst, New Jersey, USA.
The Hindenburg was German. It crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
Hindenburg crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey.
It was a flight from Newark New Jersey destined for San Francisco.
246 feet long
Definitely a dirigible because a hot air balloon cannot be steered because the wind carries it. A dirigible is an air ship and has control systems.
Definitely a dirigible because a hot air balloon cannot be steered because the wind carries it. A dirigible is an air ship and has control systems.
It was a blimp. The German's just before WW2 had one called the Hindenburg, a passenger ship, that blew up as it was coming into New Jersey from Germany. You can see film of it. One man died, but it looks like the entire blimp is one big ball of fire.