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Hindenburg — Part 1
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He
stated
that
the
reason
for
his
taking
up
position
for-
ward
use
due
to
the
fact
that
he
was
usually
directed
to
that
portion
of
the
ship
that
was
lightest
in
weight
at
the
time
that
mooring
oper-
ations
began.
Ee
also
stated
that
he
had
not
been
called
to
assume
the
position
in
the
forward
part
of
the
ship
for
the
purpose
of
land-
ing
for
quite
a
lengthy
time,
but
he
does
believes
that
he
had
assued
that
position
once
before
during
one
of
the
trial
flights
of
the
Hindem-
burg.
He
stated
that
the
voyage
from
Germany
had
been
a
success-
ful
one
as
tell
as
a
normal
one,
and
that
he
was
in
possession
of
no
information
that
would
be
helpful
to
the
Board
in
ascertaining
the
cause
or
causes
for
the
accident.
i
On
May
lb,
1957
the
first
witness
to
appear
before
the
Board
of
Inquiry
was
HENRICH
KUBIS,
of
Frankford,
Germany.
Kubis
ad-
vised
that
he
was
e member
of
the
crew
of
the
Eindenburg
on
Nay
6,
1957
in
the
capacity
of
Chief
Steward.
During
the
approach
of
the
Hindenburg
to
the
mooring
nest
Enhis
came
from
the
lower
deck
to
the
upper
deck,
making
sure
that
the
passengers
were
all
on
the
upper
deck,
where
there
were
only
a
few
pass-
engers.
Eb
saw
through
the
window
that
the
landing
lines
were
dropped,
and
he
then
proceeded
to
prepare
the
tables
for
the
Immigration
auth-
orities.
Hb
observed
the
ship
to
take
an
angle
of
inclination
to
the
rear,
and
at
that
time
the
center
windows
closed
and
Kubis
jumped
to
open
them
and
called
to
the
others
to
keep
the
windows
open.
Every-
thing
happened
so
fast
that
he
was
not
sure
whether
he
first
observed
the
fire
or
the
accompanying
shook.
As
he
noticed
that
the
ship
was
too
high
above
the
ground
he
cautioned
others
not
to
jump.
Eben
the
ship
reached
about
the
height
of
five
meters
above
the
ground
he
told
others
to
jup
and
he
did
so
himself.
Upon
landing
on
the
ground
he
ran
from
the
ship
about
fifty
meters
and
turnd
aroud
to
see
if
he
could
help
any
of
the
others.
p
The
first
time
that
he
thought
something
was
wrong
was
when
he
noticed
that
the
bow
of
the
ship
had
risen
at
an
unusual
angle.
At
this
time
Knbis
was
looking
to
the
center
of
the
cabin
on
the
upper
deck
and
did
not
notice
the
iire
beiore
he
noticed
the
angle
oi
inclination.
He
first
felt
a
jar
frcm.an
explosion
at
approximately
the
same
time
that
he
noticed
the
angle
of
inclination.
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