On this day in 1937, the German Airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible (like a blimp or zepplin) ever built was destroyed whilst attempting to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The airship burst into flames and fell 70 metres to the ground. When it hit the ground the hull was reduced to rubble within seconds as a result of the hydrogen core igniting.
Only a year previously, on the exact same day, had the Airship Hindenburg completed its first flight from Europe to New York.
The Hindenburg was described as being like an ocean liner with an elegant interior.
Not to say that ocean liners aren't elegant.
Well...
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