NEW JERSEY 1937
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During the landing of its second transatlantic crossing, the German Zeppelin airship Hindenburg – the largest aircraft ever built – bursts into flames. Thirty-five of the 97 people on board are killed, as is a member of the ground crew. The disaster at Lakehurst is blamed on a gas leak, although rumours of anti-Nazi sabotage soon spread.