
What Happened to the Hindenburg? (Air Disaster)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Hindenburg Disaster
Wiring crossings were tied together with cord and then taped them there. Wherever they spotted abrasions on a cell from the wires rattling, they glued one and a half inch reinforcing strips over them. The idea was that when the tied up wires resonated with the outer cover flutter, they would act as one ge grid,. thus dampening tremors that could tear fabric. It is likely that the built in design flaw reasserted itself and caused the wiring to damage the gas bags, resulting in the hydrogen leak that caused the explosion. You said, mc carthy discovered all this. Why hasn't it been talked about till now? Because it looks like there was a cover up
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The Hindenburg was one of the most impressive airships ever to fly, and when it crashed in 1937, it shocked the world. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Hindenburg crash, what happened to make it explode, and whether there was sabotage or even a coverup of the facts of the tragedy.
