Sixty-two people survived which air disaster of 1937?
Hindenburg disaster 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
Kano air disaster the time it occurred, the Kano air disaster was the deadliest-ever aviation accident, a dubious distinction it only held for about 14 months when Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in France killing 346 people. Kano air disaster The Kano air disaster was a chartered Boeing 707 passenger flight on 22 January 1973 which crashed while attempting to land at Kano International Airport. It is the worst aviation disaster ever to take place in Nigeria, as 176 passengers and crew perished in the crash. There were 26 survivors. The aircraft involved in the accident was a 2 year old Boeing 707-3D3C,