Hindenburg Disaster

Subject :History

Section: World History

Concept :

Recently, the Hindenburg Research has grabbed the limelight over its report on the Adani Group’s alleged corporate fraud.
The company has been named after the famous Zeppelin disaster after which took place in 1937.

Hindenburg/ Zeppelin disaster

The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States.
The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst.
The accident caused 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen) from the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), and an additional fatality on the ground.
A variety of theories have been put forward for both the cause of ignition and the initial fuel for the ensuing fire.
The publicity shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the abrupt end of the airship era.