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Even though
airships accidents have a reputation of having a disastrous loss
of life, in truth, the records state something else.
Listed below are the totals of the worst airship accidents in
the world to date to contradict and to hopefully change some of
the public opinion :-
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Location
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Date
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Airship
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Incident
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1
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Off the
Atlantic coast, USA.
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4
April 1933.
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ZRS
4 - Akron
|
73
people killed when the US navy airship Akron crashed into the sea
in a storm.
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2
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Over the
Mediterranean
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21 December 1923.
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Dixmude
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52
people killed when the French airship Dixmude was apparently struck
by lightning. |
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3
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Near Beauvais,
France.
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5
October 1930.
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H.M.A.
R 101
|
50
people killed when British airship R101 crashed into a hillside. |
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4
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Off the
coast near Hull, UK.
|
24
August 1921
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H.M.A.
R38 /ZR II
|
44
people killed when airship R38 broke in two on a training and test
flight. |
|
5
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Lakehurst.
New Jersey, USA.
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6
May 1937
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D-LZ129
Hindenburg
|
36
people killed when the Hindenburg caught fire and crashed. |
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6
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Hampton
Roads, Virginia, USA.
|
21 February 1922
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Airship
Roma
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34
people killed when airship Roma crashed, killing all but 11 people
on board. |
|
7
|
Berlin,
Germany.
|
17
October 1913
|
LZ
18
|
28
people killed when German airship LZ18 crashed after engine failure
during a test flight. |
|
8
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Baltic Sea.
|
30
March 1917
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SL
9
|
23
people killed when German airship SL9 was struck by lightning on
a flight. |
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9
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Mouth of
the River Elbe, Germany.
|
3
September 1915
|
L
10
|
19
people killed when German airship L10 was struck by lightning and
plunged into the sea. |
|
10
- Joint
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Off Heligoland.
|
9 September 1913 1
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L
1
|
14
people killed when German navy airship L1 crashed into the sea |
|
10
- Joint
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Caldwell,
Ohio, USA.
|
3 September 1925
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ZR1-
Shenendoah
|
14
people killed when US dirigible Shenandoah broke up in a storm,
scattering sections over many miles of the Ohio countryside. |
