On May 6, 1937, the German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames while attempting to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey. In less than a minute, the world’s largest passenger airship was destroyed, ...

One of history’s most iconic airship tragedies, the Hindenburg disaster marked the end of the zeppelin era. Discover what really happened that day in 1937—and why the world was never the same.