The Hindenburg

The story and demise of the Airship Hindenburg. 

Episode Transcript

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Oh, the humanity we'll discussed aswe took a bite out of history with
English markets. It was a threeday trip from Frankirt, Germany to Lakehurst,
New Jersey on the Hindenburg class airship. It was contracted by American Airlines
and this trip on May third,nineteen thirty seven, was the launch of
its second season. It was nothingbut first class elegance in the sky,
with white cloth dining rooms, loungeon observation deck, writing room, and

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twenty five cabins complete with full butlerservice. The Atlantic crossing was uneventful,
but did have a strong headwind thatslowed the airship. It was hours behind
schedule when it reached Boston and hadto waste even more time circling the New
Jersey shore while a thunderstorm passed bythe landing zone. Finally, Hindenberg came
to Lakehurst, New Jersey, droppedits lines and began the docking process.
Then at seven twenty five pm,and explosion began the back of the airship

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by the Finns and quickly spread forward, engulfing the entire aircraft into a fireball.
The entire accident happened in just thirtyseven seconds and thirty five lives were
lost. There's many theories to thecause. The most accepted is a leaking
gas CELD was ignited by a sparkfrom static electricity. This has been a
bite out of history with Eagles markets