On Nov 8, 9:05*am, William Mook wrote:
As Jay Leno reported, the Hindenberg ignited not because of hydrogen
but because of the material that coated the surface of the balloon.
The magnesium struts didn't help either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHbaO...?v=hXjVxOGCEpQ

Exactly, and not that anything is ever 100% failsafe. The use of H2
as buoyancy for such commercial usage seems every bit as good as any
considering what else falls out of the sky, blows up on the ground or
sinks at sea.

~ BG