The Hindenburg Crash

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The Hindenburg, a huge zeppelin, the pride of Germany's Third Reich, crashed in front of news reporters and civilians, while landing in Lakesburg, New Jersey on May 6^th, 1937. It was considered the ultimate traveling machine. Until recently the responsibility for the crash has been lain on hydrogen. The airship, in order to help it float, was full of large bags of hydrogen gas. Because of its flammability, hydrogen was immediately assumed as the culprit of the huge explosion and fire that caused the Hindenburg to crash. The day that the zeppelin came in to land there had been lightning storms and the high charges in the air are suspected to have been the spark to light the fire. The National Hydrogen Association has been bent on disproving this belief, because if it were true, it would mean the end of prospects to use hydrogen as an alternate fuel source. Already, the crash of the zeppelin in 1937 has ended any further thought of such means of travel. Lately, tests have been done and new theories established as to the cause of the accident. At the time of the crash, the Nazi's were not willing to disperse information, so as not to draw attention to their faulty mechanics. However, tests on old samples of fabric prove the flammability of the exterior of the Hindenburg, and because of the pattern in which it burnt, as well as observations from the viewers, researchers now think the Hindenburg's downfall was due to poor calculations by the German scientists.

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