Sam Shere, Getty ImagesThe Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey, which marked the end of the era of passenger-carrying airships.
Hulton Archive, Getty Images6th May 1937: The skeleton of the zeppelin Hindenburg in flames, Lakehurst, New Jersey. A hydrogen-filled, the dirigible caught fire while attempting to land, exploding and crashing, killing many of its passengers and crew. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Fox Photos, Getty Images6th May 1937: Zeppelin airship LZ 129 'Hindenburg' in flames after crashing as it approached its moorings at Lakehurst Airport, New Jersey killing 35 of the 97 occupants. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Central Press, Getty Images6th May 1937: The German airship 'Hindenburg' (LZ-129) in flames after the disaster on its arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Keystone, Getty ImagesThe German-built airship 'Hindenburg' (LZ-129) flying over New York City, showing the swastika symbol on its tail. Filled with the flammable gas hydrogen, the Zeppelin caught fire in May of the same year, killing 36 people.
Fox Photos, Getty ImagesApril 1936: Over 800 feet long, the German airship Hindenburg (LZ-129) runs a scheduled transatlantic service between Friedrichshafen, Germany, and Lakehurst, New Jersey, America. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
AFP PhotoGerman giant airship Zeppelin "Hindenburg" explodes in a ball of fire as she came in to land in New Jersey during the night of 06 May 1937, killing at least 33 of her passengers and crew. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is believed it may have been cause by static electricity igniting her hydrogen gas as she approached the mooring mast after a thunderstorm. AFP PHOTO
AFP. Getty ImagesImage dated of the 30's showing German giant airship Hindenburg flying over Manhattan island in New York. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
AFP, Getty ImagesPicture dated 07 May 1937 of the framework of the German giant zeppelin "Hindenburg", in Lakehurst, USA. Pride of the German Third Reich, the Hindenburg, the largest aircraft ever built, burst into flames 06 May 1937, 200 feet over its intended landing spot at New Jersey's Lakehurst Naval Air Station, killing 35 of its 97 passengers, along with one crewman on the ground. (Photo credit should read OFF/AFP/Getty Images)
AFP, Getty ImagesPeople pay tribute to the victims of the accident of the German giant zeppelin "Hindenburg" during a ceremony, in May 1937, in Lakehurst, USA. Pride of the German Third Reich, the Hindenburg, the largest aircraft ever built, burst into flames 06 May 1937, 200 feet over its intended landing spot at New Jersey's Lakehurst Naval Air Station, killing 35 of its 97 passengers, along with one crewman on the ground.
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The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey, which marked the end of the era of passenger-carrying airships.
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By Glen Barber | The Denver Post
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On May 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg burst into flames at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Thirty-five people aboard and one person on the ground died.
