Last survivor of Hindenburg disaster: 'The air was on fire'

Was it static electricity that earthed to the tower on coming into landing causing the gas to ignite in a ball of fire.

And now, Hydrogen Powered Cars are the new thing... regardless to what the "Experts" are Teeling us, only time will tell..

> And now, Hydrogen Powered Cars are the new thing... regardless to what the "Experts" are Teeling us, only time will tell..

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You do realize that the stuff which powers cars today, gasoline, is also extremely flammable?

I saw another post about a Chinese zeppelin called C919, hope they dont crash

"regardless to what the "Experts" are Teeling us, only time will tell"

I think you wanted to say "only time will Teel."

You know, I have not seen any experts on anything post on JapanToday, but the general snark here was inspiring, so I thought I would chime in. I am probably the only person posting who is a huge advocate of hydrogen fuel cells AND nuclear power for Japan, and what people who are afraid of hydrogen are doing is letting an accident that happened long long ago, and which affected FEW people, dictate the future of humankind. Sound familiar? Yep. That is exactly what is happening with Fukushima.

After the Hindenburg, people became so irrationally afraid of lighter than air travel in dirigibles that everyone stopped building them for 70 years, and we have had other aircraft that have not been safer, and which have polluted our environment immeasurably. Now, as people have come to REGRET not using dirigibles more, they are starting to make them and use them for all kinds of applications. People love ballooning for FUN.

The shock and hysteria pushing people away from hydrogen closely mirror the shock and hysteria related to Fukushima. People need to look at that objectively and try to take a longer view. "Throwing the baby out with the bathwater" is something that humans do all to readily. And they have been doing it for centuries.

Had to say one other thing. The person in the article is from Parachute, Colorado. It is my considered opinion that if I had a choice of dying in a burning wrecked aircraft or living to be 90 or so in Parachute, Colorado, I would choose death over and over.

Oh the humanity.

The place is a boom-bust town that has always had half-completed wrecked buildings from its boom days, and grinding poverty and desertion in its bust days. It is all scrubby and sandy, and about 100 km from anywhere at all. If this person has been there for every one of the economic cycles that place has been through, then I really feel sorry for the guy. No doubt his Hindenburg experience was the OMEN, not the CURSE. I hope he goes somewhere nice to celebrate his milestones. Like a Denny's in Grand Junction.