Essay On The Hindenburg Disaster

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The Hindenburg Disaster On May, 1937 The Hindenburg took of from Frankfurt, Germany. on it's way to New Jersey three days later people saw flames near the rear of the airship. In 37 seconds the whole ship was on fire and the only thing left was it's burnt inside. Nazi germany had made a huge rigid airship called the hindenburg. The hindenburg was an 804 ft long aircraft that could go 80 mph it was made to be filled with helium but it was filled with highly flammable gasses. It was in the process of landing in New jersey when it caught on fire from atmospheric electricity mixing with the gasses that filled the aircraft. It was completely destroyed, 36 of the 97 people on board the aircraft dies in the fire. That was the end of rigid aircraft use. The Hindenburg disaster could have been prevented if Germany was allowed to use helium instead of hydrogen. The Hindenburg was made to be filled with helium, but it was filled with very flammable hydrogen because of restrictions made from the United States. Later in 1936 the Hindenburg became a commercial air service. No one knows what actually happened to spark the fire that brought down the Hindenburg. Some people say it was caused by static electricity in the atmosphere when the hydrogen mixed with the oxygen, others say it was caused from the paint they used to paint the Hindenburg. There were no warning signals that would have told anyone the Hindenburg was about to catch on fire. The whole thing happened in about 37 seconds.. When the Hindenburg caught on …show more content…

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