The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.

On May 3, 1937, the Hindenburg left Frankfurt, Germany, for a journey across the Atlantic to Lakehurst’s Navy Air Base. Stretching 804 feet from stern to bow, it carried 36 passengers and …

On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg, a German airship, was destroyed in a fiery crash as it landed in the United States after a transatlantic flight.

Mar 8, 2025 · Hindenburg, German dirigible, the largest rigid airship ever constructed. In 1937 it caught fire and was destroyed; 36 people died in the disaster. The Hindenburg was a 245 …

Feb 14, 2022 · When the giant German dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames over Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937, it left 36 dead, a pile of charred wreckage and one enduring …

May 5, 2017 · When the massive Hindenburg airship made its debut, it was heralded as the future of luxury air travel, but after a trans-Atlantic flight on May 6, 1937, the German passenger …

Feb 9, 2010 · The Hindenburg, Nazi Germany’s pride and joy, spent one glorious season ferrying passengers across the Atlantic in its luxurious belly.

May 26, 2024 · On May 6, 1937, the German passenger airship Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, abruptly ending the era of zeppelin …

Hindenburg was the last passenger aircraft of the world’s first airline — her chief steward was the first flight attendant in history — and she was the fastest way to cross the Atlantic in her day.

May 17, 2021 · On the evening of May 6, 1937, the largest aircraft ever built by mankind, a towering example of technological prowess, slipped through the stormy skies of New Jersey …