Hindenburg

The LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German zeppelin. Along with its sister-ship LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, it was the largest aircraft ever built. During its second year of service, it went up in flames and was destroyed while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, U.S., on May 6, 1937.

Hindenburg in Curious Notions
In an alternate where Imperial Germany conquered the world in the 20th century, the Hindenburg crashed into the ocean off the coast of France in 1937. Nearly 150 years later, divers found the ships remains.

Lucy Woo found the story intriguing, but not intriguing enough to spend two cents to buy a newspaper to read more about it.