Why Was The Hindenburg A Manger Flaw

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BIGEST AIRSHIP OPLITERATED IN SECONDS The Hindenburg was obliterated on May 6, 1937, around 7:25 pm. The Hindenburg left the Frankford airfield in Germany on a round trip flight to America with 97 souls onboard, just more than half of them would make it to America alive the rest doomed. The Hindenburg had many excellent design qualities, with one manger flaw. Its air bags were filled with hundreds of gallons each with explosive hydrogen. The Hindenburg was designed to be filled with helium (nonflammable) but the Americans who hold the largest reserves would not sell any to them for fear they would use it to make war airships like the ones used in the world wars.
The Hindenburg arrived at the Lakehurst Naval Airfield around 7:00 local

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