The LZ 129 Hindenburg airship as it caught fire and was destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at the Lakehurst Naval Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6, 1937.
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There were 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.
The majority of the victims were burnt to death, while others died jumping from the airship at an excessive height, or as a consequence of either smoke inhalation or falling debris.
Of the 12 crewmen in the bow of the airship, only three survived.
Aerial photo of the wreckage of the Hindenburg taken on May 7, 1937, the morning after the crash.
Now, no one would make me set foot into this thing. Just looking at the photos makes me terrified.
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