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by nwah1 1685 days ago
But they are still flying bombs, even without crew.
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Except, they are not flying bombs. Notably, the only people killed when the Hindenberg blew were on board. And, fewer than half of them. The flames in the film were the (very flammable!) gas bag itself and the kerosene fuel. The escaping gas went up and away.

A modern craft would not be made of readily flammable material.

Your comments are filled with misinformation:

The gas-bag and paint theory is debunked: https://www.airships.net/hindenburg-paint/

The "nobody died from the hydrogen" line is debunked: https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/myths/#advocate...

That the craft is made out of flammable material is debunked: https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/myths/#flammabl...

> The "nobody died from the hydrogen" line is debunked

I don't see that claim in the comments you're replying to.

So are airplanes? And other things, like literal bombs and missiles?
Yes, 9/11 proved that.
Flying bombs that are being controlled remotely. And we know there’s no possible way that a hacking or ransomware group could exploit that channel and fly it into a couple of towers, right? Inconceivable!!
Fly-by-wire control of passenger airplanes hitting the World Trade Center was the plot of the 2001 series The Lone Gunmen[1]. Yes, that was 6 months before 9/11.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen_(TV_series)#Si...

A gas bag that bumped into a building would bounce off. Or rip and the hydrogen shoot up to the sky.

So, no, not especially conceivable. Or plausible.

What's to stop the hackers from running the halt and catch fire instruction?
+1 for obscure references
Lest we forget drone strikes.