Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: R101 was a British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme . After initial flights , and two enlargements to the lifting volume , it crashed on 5 October 1930 in France during its maiden overseas voyage , killing 48 people .
Simplified: The R101 was an airship which crashed in 1930 , killing 48 people .