EDITOR'S NOTE: On May 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg burst into flames at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. The flames still enveloped the outline of the ship, apparently feeding on the fuel oil supply with the Hindenburg carried for its Diesel engines. Ground crew members estimated the ship's altitude at a few hundred feet when the disaster broke. Some of spectators and ground crew men said they saw figures, apparently members of the crew, leap from the control car as it neared the ground. Official sources said as far as was known, none of the United States navy officers, or civilian ground crew lost their lives.

Source: ABC News May 06, 2017 04:30 UTC