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ready. at : , it turned back toward the landing field and valved gas. all engines idled ahead and the airship began to slow. captain pruss ordered aft engines full astern at : while at an altitude of ft ( m), to try to brake the airship. at : , the wind shifted direction from east to southwest, and
oh, four or five hundred feet into the sky, and it's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. there's smoke, and there's flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast. oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster