The Hindenburg Disaster of 1937 was a catastrophic event that occurred when the German airship, the Hindenburg, caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. The disaster killed 36 people and marked the end of the era of airships. The
The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. Filled with hydrogen, it caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. The accident caused 35 fatalities among the 97 people on board, and an additional fatality on the ground.