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Hindenburg disaster

The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg bursts into flames during docking at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, with panicked crew and passengers fleeing, reporters documenting the catastrophe, and ground crew attempting rescue amid towering flames and smoke.

Year 1937
Date 5/6
Location Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, United States
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
tax:disaster-disease-and-environment

Key Figures

Herbert Morrison Max Pruss Senior Crewman Ground Crew Chief Passenger
Time Travel

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Soyuz 11 Disaster
1971 · thematic
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1986 · thematic
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1937 · thematic
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1986 · thematic
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1961 · thematic
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1937 · contemporaneous
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