From the March 4, 2013, Lookout by Claudine Zap.
Researchers now are sure that static electricity that caused the airship to crash.
Seventy-six years ago, the German dirigible Hindenburg, the future of trans-Atlantic flight, docked at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.
The fire and crash killed 35 of the 100 passengers and crew.
It was also believe that possibly a bomb or exploding paint caused it. Models have shown that these didn't cause it.
The airship had become charges with static electricity as a result of and electric storm. A broken wire or sticking gas valve leaked hydrogen into the ventilation shaft. When the ground crew members ran out to take the landing ropes, the ship became "earthed". Fire appeared in the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.
Now You Know. --Cooter
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