The Banning Of Zeppelins: After The Flaming Sky

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Zeppelins should be banned from the sky. If people brought out Zeppelins again, it could ruin air traveling forever. Zeppelins don't deserve a place in our skies because they are too dangerous and we have airplanes now and Zeppelins aren't as safe as airplanes.

Nobody trusts the Zeppelins anymore because of the Hindenburg crash and it was very scary. According to the article The Flaming Sky, “After the Hindenburg disaster, people no longer trusted the safety of Zeppelins.” Zeppelins are very dangerous vehicles. They are not to be trusted anymore after of the biggest disaster in 1937. As stated in Where Were You on May 6, 1937, “The Hindenburg crashed like a huge balloon on fire.” They can crash when you aren't even ready for it and it could take dozens of lives in the matter of seconds. The Hindenburg crash could
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In agreement with The Flaming Sky article, “He turned to see a nightmare sight: a wall of fire racing toward him.” Zeppelins are dangerous because at any moment the wall can just catch on fire like the Hindenburg. They are also really big and if airplanes are in the sky and airplanes could hit it and it could lose hundreds of lives by crashing. In consonance with The Flaming Sky article, “It took 32 seconds for the Hindenburg to crash to the ground in a burning heap.” Zeppelins can be a dangerous vehicle because in just 32 seconds a lot of lives were lost and that is to dangerous for people to ride on. Zeppelins destroyed many things and i believe that they don't belong in our skies today because they are really dangerous.

Zeppelins are too dangerous and no one can trust them anymore because of the Hindenburg crash. The hindenburg crash was the worst crash in 1937 and that was a very tragic crash that took people's loved ones. Zeppelins should not be allowed in our skies and they shouldn't even be allowed to be in the U.S. at

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