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While what caused the fire is unknown, a fire began from the inside and quickly spread throughout the airship.
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What happen to the Hindenburg?
its called CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND
Was the Hindenburg still Nazi property when it caught on fire?
yes
Show film of Hindenburg fire?
This sites does not show films.
What famed airship set the record for most people transported across the Atlantic in 1937?
The famed airship was the Hindenburg. It transported 97 passengers and crew across the Atlantic in May 1937 before tragically catching fire and crashing in New Jersey.
What is the name of the airship that caught fire in the 1930s killing 35 people?
Hindenburg
What was the difference between the Titanic and Hindenburg disaster?
Well, the obvious answer is that the Hindenburg was an airship (zeppelin), and the Titanic was an ocean liner. Most deaths in the Hindenburg were from fire or jumping from the airship, while most deaths on the Titanic were from drowning or exposure. Finally, there were many more deaths on the Titanic than on the Hindenburg.
Why was the skin of the Hindenburg a major cause of the fire that destroyed the airship?
It wasn't. (See link below).
What is the flamable element used to fill the Hindenburg which caught fire at Lakehurst NJ in 1937?
Hydrogen!
Why did the hendenburg catch fire?
The Hindenburg caught fire due to being filled with highly flammable hydrogen gas which was ignited by the effects of static electricity.
What day did the Hindenburg crash?
The Hindenburg was filled with Hydrogen, a very flammable gas. It is believed that a spark of some kind came in contact with the fragile thin skin of the blimp and that it caused the Hindenburg to ignite. After the ignition, the blimp's hydrogen was blown up by the spreading fire. So then, the burning remainders fell to the surface below.
What type of gas filled the Hindenburg airship?
It was hydrogen. That's why it caught fire. Modern airships use helium.
Did the explosion of the Hindenburg lead to the creation of the hydrogen bomb?
no!!!!!the Hindenburg did not explode. its aluminum painted skin caught fire from an electrostatic discharge. that fire ignited ordinary chemical hydrogen/oxygen fires as the lift gas bladders breached.no nuclear fusion was involved. not even a chemical explosion occurred.
