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The Hindenburg disaster: German airship bursts into flames on this day in 1937
Updated May 06, 2021;
On May 6, 1937, one of the most famous news events of the 20th Century unfolded as the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. 35 of the 97 people on board were killed along with a crewman on the ground in the fiery crash.
The 804-foot dirigible left Frankfurt, Germany on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, flying over New York City on its way to Lakehurst’s Navy Air Base. The airship, carrying 36 passengers and crew of 61, suddenly burst into flames while attempting to moor, quickly crashing to the ground.