
What Happened to the Hindenburg? (Air Disaster)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
00:00
The Hindenburg Disaster From the Reason Perspective
The hydrogen inside the ship was clearly the main fuel source. The question is, what set that gas off? And you could propose multiple explanations. Could it have been someone in the smoking compartment? Could it be lightning? Or sparks from the engine? Or sabotage, like a om planted on board the ship? Even once we've determined what the cause was, is there more to the story? Was there a cover up after the disaster? Was it just a freak accident that nobody was responsible for or was it something that had been foreseen?
Play episode from 44:47
Transcript

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.
