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The 21st Century Researchers Finally Unraveled the secret of the beginning of the XX century, which worried many interested people: what caused the fire, due to which the airship Hindenburg exploded and fell to the ground? Team of scientists from Great Britain and the USA believe that the fire arose due to the static electricity.
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Scientists have tested many theories that have appeared over the past 76 years, on 79-foot hydrogen-filled airships. IN As a result of experiments, it turned out that May 6, 1937 An electric spark ignited a gas leak. However still it is not yet clear why the spark arose and what the leak appeared from.
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Someone defends the assumption of sabotage – supposedly an airship fired from the ground, which caused a leak and an explosion. But a team of researchers insists on scientific theory. By their According to the storm, the Hindenburg airship was charged with static electricity, and when the airship team members who were on the earth, grabbed hold-down ropes to help in landing, the ship turned out to be grounded (i.e. electricity connected airship with the ground). It is because of this that a spark ignited hydrogen, which, due to a leak, ended up in the ventilation shaft. Scientists suggest that the leak could have been due to damaged gas cylinders. One of the historians who studied airships agreed with research results. He said: “So it happened. In the ship there was a fire that destroyed the airship in one second. ” This version is currently official, but there are others. For example, some believe that the blimp was blown up aboard a time bomb. Be that as it may, this terrible the tragedy claimed the lives of 36 people and is a tragic milestone in history of airship building. It was after the crash of the Hindenburg commercial use of airships ceased. Since then in Germany banned the carriage of passengers on these aircraft apparatuses. They could only be used for transportation mail and in order to create an air show. Sergey Translation Vasilenkova
