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Hindenburg airship disaster (HR)
Definitely one of the worst and one of the most covered air traffic accidents to have ever occurred. The accident happened in 1937 as the airship was trying to dock in New Jersey, after a long trip from Frankfurt. The result of the accident is that roughly one third of the people flying died. The disaster was labeled as a technical accident due to gas leakage and static electricity.
The effect of this moment in history was the sudden stop of usage of airships and a massive blow to the peoples faith in them, which has never been fully restored, even though blimps/airships are now very safe and well made.
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Who knows how would we use airships if this disaster never happened.
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