The last survivor of the Hindenburg airship disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner, has died, according to his family. Doehner, 90, passed away at a hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire, on November 8, his ...

At the time, the Hindenburg was supposed to be ushering in a new age of airship travel. But the crash instead brought the age to an abrupt end, making way for the age of passenger airplanes.

LAKEHURST, N.J. – Preparations are under way to mark the upcoming 80th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, which is expected to bring dignitaries, historians and media from around the globe ...

Rigid zeppelins used to carry the rich and well-to-do across the Atlantic Ocean in style. But after the Hindenburg airship crashed in a fiery heap on May 6, 1937, that industry went up in smoke.

The Hindenburg’s crash was remarkable and unexpected. The press present at the event planned on waiting to film once the ship landed, hoping to get views of passengers disembarking.

In the 1930s, zeppelins or hydrogen-filled airships looked like the future of commercial air travel. The Hindenburg, a German airship, ferried passengers across the Atlantic Ocean, reaching ...

Ocean County Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr. recently said there is no doubt that the Hindenburg disaster was the single biggest historical event in the county's 167-year history, making the ...

On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship burst into flames over a New Jersey field. 75 years later, the disaster remains a source of mystery and fascination. The Hindenburg was one of the first ...

4. The Hindenburg was huge -- the zeppelin measured 803.8 feet in length, and 135.1 feet in diameter. 5. The iconic image of the Hindenburg Disaster (above) was used as the album cover for Led ...

Herb Morrison's iconic broadcast about the Hindenburg crash, the scientist who discovered the hole in the ozone layer, the 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth and inventing wingsuits. Show more Max ...

Monday marks 87 years since the airship caught fire and crashed in New Jersey, causing 35 deaths. The Hindenburg departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on May 3, 1937, and was heading to Lakehurst ...