where was the hindenburg scheduled to fly and how many passengers were on it
36 passengers
title: Hindenburg disaster text: to shuttle the passengers from Lakehurst to Newark for connections to airplane flights. Except for strong headwinds that slowed its progress, the Atlantic crossing of the "Hindenburg" was otherwise unremarkable until the airship attempted an early-evening landing at Lakehurst three days later on May 6. Although carrying only half its full capacity of passengers (36 of 70) and crewmen (61, including 21 crewman trainees) for the accident flight, the "Hindenburg" was fully booked for its return flight. Many of the passengers with tickets to Germany were planning to attend the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in London title: Hindenburg-class airship text: services commenced on 31 March 1936 with the first of seven round trips to Rio de Janeiro that "Hindenburg" was to make during her first passenger season. Together with ten round trips to New York City, "Hindenburg" covered that year with 2,798 passengers and 160 tons of freight and mail. Following refurbishment during the winter, "Hindenburg" set out on her first flight to North America for the 1937 season (she had already made one return trip to South America in 1937) on 3 May, bound for New York. This flight would end in tragedy with "Hindenburg" being utterly consumed by title: Hindenburg disaster text: put forward for both the cause of ignition and the initial fuel for the ensuing fire. The event shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the abrupt end of the airship era. After opening its 1937 season by completing a single round-trip passage to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in late March, the "Hindenburg" departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on the evening of May 3, on the first of 10 round trips between Europe and the United States that were scheduled for its second year of commercial service. American Airlines had contracted with the operators of the "Hindenburg" title: Hindenburg disaster text: Hindenburg disaster The "Hindenburg" disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The German passenger airship LZ 129 "Hindenburg" caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. On board were 97 people (36 passengers and 61 crewmen); there were 36 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen, 1 worker on the ground). The disaster was the subject of spectacular newsreel coverage, photographs, and Herbert Morrison's recorded radio eyewitness reports from the landing field, which were broadcast the next day. A variety of hypotheses have been title: Hindenburg-class airship text: fire as she prepared to dock at NAS Lakehurst in New Jersey. By the time the "Graf Zeppelin II" was completed, it was obvious that the ship would never serve its intended purpose as a passenger liner; the lack of a supply of inert helium was one cause. The ship was christened and made her first flight on September 14, 1938, making a circuit from Friedrichshafen to München, Augsburg, Ulm, and back. The total distance covered was . The "Graf Zeppelin II" made a total of thirty flights, mainly spy missions for the Luftwaffe. In April 1940, Hermann Göring issued