In a way it did. On March 4, 1936, LZ129 "Hindenburg" made its first flight. However, due to a military embargo, only the United States possessed helium in usable quantities. So, in what ultimately proved to be a fatal decision, the Hindenburg was filled with flammable hydrogen. On May 6, 1937, when landing in Lakehurst after a transatlantic flight, in front of thousands spectators the tail of the ship caught fire, and within seconds the Hindenburg burst into flames, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and one member of the ground crew. Whatever may have caused the Hindenburg disaster, the true cause of the end of the dirigible era was due to politics and the upcoming War, not the disaster itself, though it surely led to some public misgivings.