- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 17, 1913
Time: 1030
Location: Near Johannisthal, Germany
Operator: Military - German Navy
Flight #: ?
Route: ?
AC Type: Zeppelin L-2 (airship)
Registration: ?
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 28   (passengers:?  crew:?)
Fatalities: 28   (passengers:?  crew:?)
Ground: 0
Summary: Hydrogen gas which was being vented was sucked into the forward engine and ignited causing the airship to explode and burn at 3,000 ft..German Navy's Zeppelin airships L-4 and L-5 were blown out to sea in February 1915, never to be seen again.
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