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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:08
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chuks
 
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Today's German paper said that the LBA (German aviation authority) already put the cause down to a hard landing causing a fuel leak. The report didn't say so but I suppose it was the fuel leak that led to a fire.

This was not a 'Goodyear blimp' but a blimp from Lightship hired by Goodyear.

Goodyear has been reported as planning to re-equip with airships from Zeppelin, I suppose the Zeppelin NT model that can be seen flying around the Friedrichshafen area in the summer.
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