R101 lengthening the ship by to add another gasbag, the R101 crashed in France during its maiden overseas voyage on 5 October 1930, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers killed were Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had initiated the programme, senior government officials, and almost all the dirigible's designers from the Royal Airship Works. The crash of R101 effectively ended British airship development, and was one of the worst airship accidents of the 1930s. The loss of life was more than the 36 killed in the highly public "Hindenburg" disaster of 1937, though fewer than
48 Crash 48 Crash "48 Crash" is Suzi Quatro's third solo single and was released after "Can the Can". It was included on her debut album "Suzi Quatro" (known as "Can the Can" in Australia). It later appeared on her 1995 album "What Goes Around" as an album track. The single peaked at number three in the UK in July 1973, and number one in Australia for one week. It also hit number two in Germany, and charted well in other European countries. This Quatro's third solo single was released after she moved from the United States to Britain. In the United