'The most likely mechanism for providing the spark is electrostatic ... With an explosive mixture of gas, that gave the whoomph when it got to the bottom.'
Seventy-six years after the Hindenburg exploded over Lakehurst, N.J., British aeronautical engineer Jem Stansfield and a team of scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio concluded that static electricity was the likely cause.
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