Hydrogen in the Hindenberg wasn't compressed and wasn't used for fuel. It was just there to provide lift. It was an unfortunate accident resulting from very poor attention to the design and construction of that dirigible. They should have never been abandoned. They would have saved a shit load of energy and could be built as safe as airplanes. Much less pollution than container ships running on bunker fuel.
Far as the H on planes goes, unlike cars I think they would probably liquify it for use in jets. Airports are big enough to have the liquification equipment and staff trained to do the fueling. As a liquid, H would actually take up less room than FF tanks do.
Much like the Hindenberg, if one of the first planes they fly using H as a fuel blows up, the technology will die right away. If they fly for a few years before one explodes, people will just accept the risk as they do now with planes. Does it really matter if you die from the plane exploding instead of crashing into the ground?
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