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05-08-2007, 06:25 PM
From Secrets of the Dead (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/archive2.html):
The Hindenburg was equipped with a new paint that contained powdered aluminum and powdered iron, which now is used in rocket fuel because of its high combustibility, but at the time it was unknown. The Hindenburg built up precipitatory static when it flew near a lighting storm. During the decent into Lakehurst, cables were extended from the airship to ground itself but not all the panels covering the ship were bonded correctly creating a huge differential in currents for a panel in the back tail. There was an electric arc which caused the ignition in the tail section and rapidly expanded due to the highly combustibility of the coating of the Hindenburg .
What really happend to the Hindenberg? (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/html/e3-menu.html)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hindenburg.html (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hindenburg.html)
The Hindenburg was equipped with a new paint that contained powdered aluminum and powdered iron, which now is used in rocket fuel because of its high combustibility, but at the time it was unknown. The Hindenburg built up precipitatory static when it flew near a lighting storm. During the decent into Lakehurst, cables were extended from the airship to ground itself but not all the panels covering the ship were bonded correctly creating a huge differential in currents for a panel in the back tail. There was an electric arc which caused the ignition in the tail section and rapidly expanded due to the highly combustibility of the coating of the Hindenburg .
What really happend to the Hindenberg? (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/html/e3-menu.html)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hindenburg.html (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hindenburg.html)