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ilovestratergy: The Dip in the top center of the bag is approximately where the "Velcro" {my name for it} was attached, the crew normally has one man go over the side with a parachute harness and ripline attached, this allows airship to settle slowly, now just prior to touchdown in water the crew jumps in to clear the bag envelope, if this occurred, the ship is no longer ballasted, and surges upward, and if enough helium is trapped, away goes the blimp. 2nd theory could be that on engine failure the crew, valved helium (out), bag gets near the water and in their panic, they jump clear, then ballast is gone blimp rises and they are in the water with only mae wests, since raft was found in the ship. EERIE but feasible.
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