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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
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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
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48
people killed when British airship R101 was forced down during
a storm.
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4
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Off
the coast near Hull, UK.
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24
August 1921
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H.M.A.
R38 /ZR II
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44
people killed when airship R38 broke in two during a low turn
trial, on a training and test flight.
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5
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Lakehurst.
New Jersey, USA.
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6
May 1937
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D-LZ129
Hindenburg
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36
people killed when the Hindenburg caught fire and crashed.
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6
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Hampton
Roads, Virginia, USA.
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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.
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7
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Berlin,
Germany.
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17
October 1913
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LZ
18
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28
people killed when German airship LZ18 crashed after engine failure
during a test flight.
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8
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Baltic
Sea.
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30
March 1917
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SL
9
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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.
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3
September 1915
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L
10
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19
people killed when German airship L10 was struck by lightning
and plunged into the sea.
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10
- Joint
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Off
Heligoland.
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9 September 1913
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L
1
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14
people killed when German navy airship L1 crashed into the sea
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10
- Joint
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Caldwell,
Ohio, USA.
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3 September 1925
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ZR1-
Shenendoah
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14
people killed when US dirigible Shenandoah broke up in a storm,
scattering sections over many miles of the Ohio countryside.
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