| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 06, 1937 |
| Time: | 1925 |
| Location: | Lakehurst, New Jersey |
| Operator: | Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei |
| Flight #: | LZ 129 |
| Route: | Frankfurt - Lakehurst N.J. |
| AC Type: | Zeppelin LZ-129 |
| Registration: | D-LZ-129 |
| cn / ln: | D-LZ129 |
| Aboard: | 97 (passengers:36 crew:61) |
| Fatalities: | 35 (passengers:13 crew:22) |
| Ground: | 1 |
| Summary: | 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. It has been theorized that a sudden turn just before landing caused a steel cable to snap which punctured one of the hydrogen airbags. Thereafter, when mooring ropes were dropped to the ground, the cage was discharged setting up a static discharge between the Hindenburg's outer skin and frame causing the hydrogen to ignite. |
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