UM-Bot Posted May 23, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 23, 2017 80 years on from the disaster, the exact cause of the inferno that destroyed the airship remains unclear. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/307874/what-caused-the-hindenburg-to-catch-fire 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted May 23, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Quote I watch a show that someone on the ship, a German was in a conspiracy against Hitler to blow it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedutchiedutch Posted May 23, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Wasn't it electrostatic discharge that ignited leaking hydrogen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted May 24, 2017 #4 Share Posted May 24, 2017 17 hours ago, thedutchiedutch said: Wasn't it electrostatic discharge that ignited leaking hydrogen ? Yes it was a electrostatic discharge but it ignited the covering on the airship that had about the same ingredients as rocket fuel. Thermal imaging indicated that the hydrogen was a secondary fire. Well it's what a PBS show had to say about it and I don't remember which one it was. Static lines were used on the airships to discharge the static buildup but I guess it didn't work that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted May 24, 2017 #5 Share Posted May 24, 2017 My favorite part of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series is that it is set in an alternate universe where dirigibles and the like are the main mode of air travel. <3 Every time I see the Good Year or MetLife blimps here in town, I always wish I could go for a ride. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted May 24, 2017 #6 Share Posted May 24, 2017 All that was needed was a jet of leaking hydrogen and an ignition source, a spark, open flame or a crewman or passenger smoking where they should have not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted May 24, 2017 #7 Share Posted May 24, 2017 The Hindenburg disaster occurred at 7:25 PM eastern time on May 6, 1937, at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey. 23 passengers and 39 crewmembers survived the accident. 13 passengers, 22 crewmembers, and one civilian member of the ground crew were killed. Yahoo Answers Curious that more survived than perished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted May 26, 2017 #8 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I've watched this footage a thousand times in my life and what still astonishes me, is that of the 97 people passengers aboard, 60 of them actually survived! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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