Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated to correct the location of the Hindenburg airship disaster. Remember that day a blimp blew up in Redding? Probably not, unless you’re around 125 ...

The Hindenburg Disaster of 1937 was a frightening horror show that was well documented, and practically ended flight travel over night. Scientists know what caused the horrific accident and debate ...

The Hindenburg airship is most closely associated with the disaster that took place on May 6, 1937, but before tragedy struck, it spent a short but notable life in service, transporting passengers ...

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After all the crashing and burning of Imperial Germany’s Zeppelins in the later part of WWI – once the Brits managed to build interceptors that could hit their lofty altitude, and figured out the ...

Describes the last voyage of the zeppelin, or airship, Hindenburg, which crashed in flames on a New Jersey airfield in 1937, and examines some possible causes for the ...