Over the years, several planes and ships have vanished in the ‘mysterious’ Bermuda Triangle. Now, an Australian scientist has claimed that the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has been solved. Here’s everything you need to know.
Bermuda Triangle: Mystery solved?
An Australian scientist stated that the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has been solved. Additionally, insisting that there was never a mystery. As per Karl Kruszelnicki, the disappearance of ships and planes in the region between Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Florida has no connection to abnormal gravitational force, alines, or any other conspiracy theories. Kruszelnicki is a fellow at Sydney University in Australia. Pointing out how bad weather and human error can explain several disappearances. Kruszelnicki added that this region of the sea receives high traffic due to its proximity to the US.
The Bermuda Triangle is about a 270,000 square-mile region in the ocean and a very busy part of the ocean. Popularly, people call the region Limbo of the lost, Hoodoo Sea, Devils Triangle, and many more. “It is close to the Equator, near a wealthy part of the world – America – therefore you have a lot of traffic. According to Lloyd’s of London and the US Coastguard, the number of people that go missing in the Bermuda Triangle is the same as anywhere in the world on a percentage basis,” stated Kruszelnicki.
What about all the flights that disappeared?
Kruszelnicki also addressed the case of Flight 19, one of the most popular disappearances in the region. Flight 19 was a five-plane flight that took off from Florida’s Fort Lauderdale in December 1945. US Navy’s TBM Avenger torpedo bombers were on a two-hour-long training flight before losing contact. Carrying a total of 14 crew members, the planes vanished leaving no debris.
Later, a PBM-Mariner seaplane lost its way in a search-and-rescue mission for flight 19. Kruszelnicki believes that the vanishing of planes is likely related to the 15m long waves knocking around the Atlantic on that fateful day. He added that Lieutenant Charles Taylor was the only experienced pilot in the flight. Hence, human error might have played a larger role that day.