How does a graf zeppelin ( airship) crash?

Question

how do they crash, and why?

Answer 1

The Graf Zeppelin was a particular airship, designated LZ-127, that flew from the late 1920s until it was broken up for scrap during the second world war.  The last zeppelin built, the LZ-130, was also named the Graf Zeppelin.

The title "Graf" is equivalent to the title "Count" in English, and refers to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the German nobleman who built the first rigid airships in Germany at the end of the 19th Century and into the 20th Century.

As a result of his name, rigid airships came to be known as "Zeppelins," but the airships named "The Graf Zeppelin" were only the two:  the LZ-127 and the LZ-130.

The LZ-129 was named the Hindenburg.

Rigid airships, or zeppelins, operated before the summer of 1937, when the destruction of the LZ-129 Hindenburg ended the operation of rigid airships.

Helium was found in natural gas only in the United States, so only American airships were filled with helium.  All other nations were restricted to the use of hydrogen as lifting gas, and most of their losses were in the form of hydrogen explosions.  Hydrogen is very flammable, and its use is very hazardous.

The other causes involve structural failure.  Rigid airships were very large and very fragile, and were easily damaged or destroyed by high winds and wind sheer.  After the US Navy experienced a series of costly fatal accidents resulting from structural failues, and with no solutions in sight for these problems, the use of zeppelins was discontinued in the late 1930s.

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, the original German manufacturer of zeppelins, is now manufacturing a line of small semi-rigid airships based on modern plastics technology.  Operations are very limited, and the safety record so far is good.

Try an internet search on "airship" or "zeppelin."

Answer 2

gas leak/ internal fire

Answer 3

light up a smoke lol then the fireworks begin

Answer 4

Seems the Hindenberg disaster was due to a a wire coming loose due a sharp turn taken during to a hurried landing and punching a tear in the material of the airship. There was some electrical activity in the wake of a storm and a spark got in and ignited the hydrogen. Helium is much much safer, but was not being sold to Germany by the US at that time for political reasons.

Depite the hydrogen, that particular run of zeppelins had a perfect safety record up to then.

Answer 5

Hello.There are several answers to this question.

During war  - Archie

                     - Hits by De Wilde ammunition

                     - Weather ie. wind(structural collapse)

                     - Lightning strike

                     - Mechanical failure

                     - Pilot error

Peace time would include all of the above ecept Archie and De Wilde ammunation

Answer 6

They fall down.

Answer 7

Lift is provided by either hydrogen (flammable) or helium contained in a air-tight bag.  If this bag ruptures, gas, and thereby lift, is reduced and eventually lost.  Punctures can be from ground fire, flak explosions, or engine explosion.  If bag is filled with hydrogen, gun fire that utilizes tracer rounds can ignite the hydrogen with nearly immediate loss of lift.