Zeppelin plane crashes

24 crashes involving Zeppelin aircraft since 1900, with 231 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 24
Fatal crashes: 15
Fatalities: 231
First recorded: July 2, 1900
Most recent: October 19, 1917

Deadliest

October 17, 1913: Zeppelin LZ 18 L 2, Near Johannisthal Air Field Berlin, Germany (28 fatalities)
June 14, 1917: Zeppelin L 43, North Sea, World (24 fatalities)
November 27, 1916: Zeppelin L 34, Castle Eden, United Kingdom (20 fatalities)
September 3, 1915: Zeppelin L 10 LZ 40, North Sea near Neuwerk, Germany (20 fatalities)
August 21, 1917: Zeppelin L 23, North Sea, World (19 fatalities)

Countries

Years

1916 (8)
1917 (8)
1915 (4)
1913 (2)
1900 (1)
1906 (1)

All crashes

October 19, 1917: Zeppelin L 16 LZ 50, Near Brunsbüttel, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1917: Zeppelin L 44, Western Front, World (16 fatalities)
October 7, 1917: Zeppelin L 57, Yambol, Bulgaria (0 fatalities)
August 21, 1917: Zeppelin L 23, North Sea, World (19 fatalities)
June 16, 1917: Zeppelin L 48, Open fields near Harwich England, United Kingdom (15 fatalities)
June 14, 1917: Zeppelin L 43, North Sea, World (24 fatalities)
March 17, 1917: Zeppelin L 39, Compiègne, France (17 fatalities)
February 7, 1917: Zeppelin L 36 LZ 82, Rheden upon Aller, Germany (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1916: Zeppelin L 38 LZ 84, Seemuppen Courland, Russian Empire (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1916: Zeppelin L 24 LZ 69, Tondern, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1916: Zeppelin L 34, Castle Eden, United Kingdom (20 fatalities)
November 27, 1916: Zeppelin L 21 LZ 61, Off Lowestoft, United Kingdom (17 fatalities)
November 13, 1916: Zeppelin Lindau Dornier V1, Seemoos near Friedrichshafen, Germany (1 fatality)
November 7, 1916: Zeppelin LZ 90 LZ 60, North Sea, World (0 fatalities)
October 1, 1916: Zeppelin L 31 LZ 72, Outside London, United Kingdom (19 fatalities)
September 16, 1916: Zeppelin L 6 and Zeppelin L 9, Fuhlsbüttel, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1915: Zeppelin LZ 52 L 18, Tondern, Germany (7 fatalities)
September 3, 1915: Zeppelin L 10 LZ 40, North Sea near Neuwerk, Germany (20 fatalities)
June 7, 1915: Zeppelin LZ 37, Sint-Amandsberg near Ghent, Belgium (10 fatalities)
February 17, 1915: Zeppelin LZ 27 L 4 airship, Denmark and the North Sea, Denmark (4 fatalities)
October 17, 1913: Zeppelin LZ 18 L 2, Near Johannisthal Air Field Berlin, Germany (28 fatalities)
September 9, 1913: Zeppelin LZ 14 L 1 airship, North Sea off Heligoland, Germany (14 fatalities)
January 18, 1906: Zeppelin LZ 2, Fischreute near Kisslegg, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1900: Zeppelin LZ 1, Lake Constance, Germany (0 fatalities)