Airships could offer a much cleaner and quieter alternative for some aspects of the aviation market. In a former airship factory, a new generation are taking shape.
The coverage has only made it worse. To ignite hydrogen, it is certainly only missing a hole and a spark, that is, with an antistatic cover it would have burned just the same, although perhaps somewhat less catastrophic. Hydrogen is highly flammable, even explosive in combination with air, which is precisely why it is used as fuel, Helium is not at all, it is much safer, although it is somewhat more expensive. It weighs somewhat more than hydrogen, but it provides sufficient buoyancy and is therefore also used in balloons, both weather and sports.
Would you mess around with a hydrogen-filled balloon in a lightning storm?
The coverage has only made it worse. To ignite hydrogen, it is certainly only missing a hole and a spark, that is, with an antistatic cover it would have burned just the same, although perhaps somewhat less catastrophic. Hydrogen is highly flammable, even explosive in combination with air, which is precisely why it is used as fuel, Helium is not at all, it is much safer, although it is somewhat more expensive. It weighs somewhat more than hydrogen, but it provides sufficient buoyancy and is therefore also used in balloons, both weather and sports. Would you mess around with a hydrogen-filled balloon in a lightning storm?