Date: | May 06, 1937 |
Location: | Lakehurst, New Jersey |
Aircraft: | Zeppelin LZ-129 |
Reg: | D-LZ-129 |
Airline: | Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei |
Flight No: | LZ 129 |
Fatalities: | 97 : 35 +1 |
The airship Hindenburg caught fire and burned while being moored at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Possible causes were static discharge which ignited leaking hydrogen or sabotage |