It involved Cause_to_be_included the Imperial German Navy 's L 2 airship manufactured by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin as LZ 18 .

On 17 October 1913 , at approximately 10:30am local time , hydrogen gas which was being vented was sucked Motion into the forward engine and ignited Process_start causing the airship to explode and burn .

the german passenger airship lz 129 `` hindenburg '' caught fire Damaging and was destroyed Destroying during its attempt to dock Motion with its mooring mast at naval air station lakehurst .

The event shattered Destroying public confidence in the giant , passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked Recording the abrupt end Process_end of the airship era .

The event shattered Destroying public confidence in the giant , passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked Recording the abrupt end Process_end of the airship era .