D-LZ129 Hinenburg (Deutsche Luftschiff Zeppelin #129) was a large German passenger carrying rigid airship which operated commercially from March 1936 until destroyed by fire in May 1937. Along with its sister-ship, D-LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II, it was the largest atmospheric flying machine of any kind ever built. During the first transatlantic journey of its second season of service the Hindenburg went up in flames while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey. Thirty-six people died in the accident, which was widely reported by film, photography, and radio media.