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Mystery of Hindenburg air catastrophe solved
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 66032" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p>[media=youtube]yPIK1OQVLkc[/media]</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/mystery-hindenburg-air-catastrophe-solved-192132922.html" target="_blank">Mystery of Hindenburg air catastrophe solved</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Researchers say they know how the Hindenburg airship came to its fiery end: static electricity.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Seventy-six years ago, the German dirigible was promoted as the future of trans-Atlantic flight, but instead it became the notorious poster child of air disasters.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">As the hydrogen-filled blimp was landing in Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937, it suddenly burst into flames and crashed in front of shocked bystanders, killing 35 of the 100 passengers and crew on board—and putting an end to the short-lived air travel program.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Now scientists who have been studying the circumstances that led to the Hindenburg’s end say they know what happened.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The Independent, in an article about a documentary on the Hindenburg airing on Britain's Channel 4 on Thursday, explains that Jem Stansfield, a British aeronautical engineer who led a team of researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, blew up and set fire to models of the dirigible to rule out possibilities including a bomb and exploding paint.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The Independent reports that the actual chain of events, discovered by the scientists, unfolded as follows:</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm. A broken wire or sticking gas valve leaked hydrogen into the ventilation shafts, and when ground crew members ran to take the landing ropes they effectively "earthed" the airship. The fire appeared on the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ccffcc">"I think the most likely mechanism for providing the spark is electrostatic," said Mr. Stansfield. "That starts at the top, then the flames from our experiments would've probably tracked down to the center. With an explosive mixture of gas, that gave the whoomph when it got to the bottom."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 66032, member: 2770"] [media=youtube]yPIK1OQVLkc[/media] [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/mystery-hindenburg-air-catastrophe-solved-192132922.html']Mystery of Hindenburg air catastrophe solved[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Researchers say they know how the Hindenburg airship came to its fiery end: static electricity.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Seventy-six years ago, the German dirigible was promoted as the future of trans-Atlantic flight, but instead it became the notorious poster child of air disasters.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]As the hydrogen-filled blimp was landing in Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937, it suddenly burst into flames and crashed in front of shocked bystanders, killing 35 of the 100 passengers and crew on board—and putting an end to the short-lived air travel program.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Now scientists who have been studying the circumstances that led to the Hindenburg’s end say they know what happened.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The Independent, in an article about a documentary on the Hindenburg airing on Britain's Channel 4 on Thursday, explains that Jem Stansfield, a British aeronautical engineer who led a team of researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, blew up and set fire to models of the dirigible to rule out possibilities including a bomb and exploding paint.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The Independent reports that the actual chain of events, discovered by the scientists, unfolded as follows:[/COLOR] [INDENT] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm. A broken wire or sticking gas valve leaked hydrogen into the ventilation shafts, and when ground crew members ran to take the landing ropes they effectively "earthed" the airship. The fire appeared on the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"I think the most likely mechanism for providing the spark is electrostatic," said Mr. Stansfield. "That starts at the top, then the flames from our experiments would've probably tracked down to the center. With an explosive mixture of gas, that gave the whoomph when it got to the bottom."[/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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