Being a glider pilot, and a winch driver too, I am always aware of hanging cables, from where ever.
To prevent us from new legends, please have a look at the fourth last Photograph in this link:
World?s largest 'bottom' aircraft hits a telegraph pole and suffers cockpit damage | Daily Mail Online
It is clearly visible, that a rope or cable is hanging down from near the bow of the Airlander. It hangs down nearly perpendicular. May be not exactly, but by no means with a Tension to the back, which should be, if the cable had stuck in the fence, this way bringing the Airships nose down.
Compared with the video, the photo shows the situation, when the airlander hangs overhead the beginning of the runway, with nearly no speed, and right before it starts to dive.
If the cable is not tightened in this situation, it should, in a mechanical way, not be a factor.
Last edited by minimum clean; 25th Aug 2016 at 20:17.