Rare photos taken aboard the tragically famous airship "Hindenburg"

The huge airship "Hindenburg", the total length of which was 245 meters, was built by the Germans in 1936. A luxury aircraft was used to regularly transport passengers across the Atlantic. In those years, the transatlantic flight was inconceivably expensive and only very wealthy people could afford it, so the interiors of the Hindenburg were originally created dazzlingly rich and luxurious.

"Hindenburg" in the sky over New York, 1937.

During the flight, passengers were provided with three meals a day. The most sophisticated dishes were served in the spacious 14-meter dining room, and dishes from Chinese porcelain were custom-made specifically for the airship.

The tables were covered with snow-white tablecloths, on which stood fresh flowers and silver cutlery was laid out. Everything here was created with maximum gloss to make staying on board wealthy passengers, accustomed to a high standard of living, supercomfortable.

Two walking galleries with slanted windows, from which an incomparable view was opened, were created in the airship body. In addition, there was a bar with cocktails and a smoking room. The size of the aircraft allowed 72 passengers, as well as more than 40 crew members to comfortably accommodate.

However, the stay on board of such important people did not save Hindenburg from a crash. On May 6, 1937, an explosion occurred in the tail of the airship, causing air transport to crash to the ground at the US air base at Lakehurst in New Jersey.

Flammable hydrogen in an instant spread from the tail to the bow, throwing fire over the entire ship. Witnesses on earth had no choice but to watch with horror the terrible landing of the airship.

The photographer captured one of the passengers of the crashed airship, which in serious condition is taken to the hospital. Of the 97 people aboard the Hindenburg that day, 35 were killed, and 62 miraculously survived.

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