when did the hindenburg go down
Seemingly out of nowhere, flames shooting from the tail. Remembering the Hindenburg disaster 75 years later On May 6, 1937 the German dirigible airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed upon landing in Lakehurst New Jersey. Thirty-six people died in the disaster (13 passengers, 22 crew members, 1 ground crew member).
The Hindenburg Disaster. The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 brought an end to the age of the rigid airship. The disaster killed 35 persons on the airship, and one member of the ground crew, but miraculously 62 of the 97 passengers and crew survived.