One of the first major airship disasters in the US was in 1919, when Goodyear’s Wingfoot Air Express, a hydrogen-filled blimp, ignited in mid-air over the Loop in downtown Chicago. Pieces of flaming debris fell through the skylight of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, killing ten employees and injuring 27 more. Three people on the ship were killed as well.
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