THE DЕАDLIEST civil airship accident: Forgotten British Giant

Watch my exclusive video about the Soviet “Ghost Plane“ Incident: Get Nebula using my link for *40% off an annual subscription* : Watch More Paper Skies Videos & Support The Channel: Support NEW EPISODES on Patreon: The crash of the British airship R101 is not as well known as the famous Zeppelin Hindenburg Disaster. Nonetheless, the disaster still remains the biggest tragedy in history among commercial airships. On October 4th, 1930, the giant airship R-101 set to fly from London to India. At that time, it was the largest and arguably most luxurious airship in the history of aviation. The R-101 was the first link in the British Empire’s ambitious plan to create a worldwide network of air routes and build a fleet of giant airships. Just like British dreadnoughts ruled t