There are no landmarks in the middle of the ocean. The planes flew in one direction then another as balmy daylight turned to stormy seas in the darkness.
Taylor is heard formulating a plan; as soon as the first plane's fuel level dipped below 10 gallons, all five planes were to ditch at sea.
The Avenger was known as an extremely rugged plane. Pilots loved them. They were also very heavy, weighing more than 10, pounds 4, kilograms empty. When ditched, the Avenger would go down hard and fast. The possibility of anyone surviving a landing in high seas was slim, the chance of surviving the night in the cold waters was nil, the likelihood of the wreckage making a quick descent to the bottom was high. Adding to the tragedy, one of the rescue planes also disappeared along with its man crew.
Their plane, a PBM Mariner, was nicknamed the "flying gas tank"; the slightest spark or a lit match could cause an explosion. A ship in the area reported seeing a huge fireball and crossing through an oil slick at the exact time and place where the plane would have been.
The Navy halted production of that plane in In the Navy's final report, the disappearance of Flight 19 was blamed on pilot error. Taylor's family protested and, after several reviews, the verdict was changed to "causes or reasons unknown. The Bermuda Triangle region has some unusual features. It's one of only two places on Earth—the other being an area nicknamed the Devil's Sea off the east coast of Japan, which has a similar mysterious reputation—where true north and magnetic north line up, which could make compass readings dicey [sidebar].
It is also home to some of the deepest underwater trenches in the world; wreckage could settle in a watery grave miles below the surface of the ocean. Most of the sea floor in the Bermuda Triangle is about 19, feet 5, meters down; near its southern tip, the Puerto Rico Trench dips at one point to 27, 8, meters feet below sea level. Treacherous shoals and reefs can be found along the continental shelf.
Strong currents over the reefs constantly breed new navigational hazards, according to the Coast Guard. However, Feit pointed out, the Gulf Stream travels along the western edge of the triangle and could be a factor.
The Gulf Stream is like a to mile-wide to kilometer-wide river within the ocean that circulates in the North Atlantic Ocean. Rational explanations are boring for them. This is basically what this BBC documentary series is about. Spoiler alert: severe effect. While it is informative enough, Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle is also pretty drab. The Bermuda Triangle and the stories associated with it are so interesting because of all the tales and myths. We do not get any of that.
Her reptured stern indicated that she had been rammed by another vessel, but no other ship reported any such accident. In , Captain George Donner vanished from a freighter sailing through the Triangle. The captain retired for the evening to his cabin, asking to be awoken when they neared their end point. Hours later, a crewman went to do just that - to find the cabin empty and the captain gone. The mystery was never solved.
Planes have also been inexplicably downed in the Michigan Triangle, including one of the worst passenger airline crashes in US history. As with all such Triangles, many will argue that the stories have been exaggerated by conspiracy-mongers. But others will maintain that something strange is indeed happening in various hotspots across the world. Here in Britain we shouldn't feel left out of all these spooky goings-on. After all, we have our very own Matlock Triangle, a zone in the Derbyshire Dales which some have been calling the UFO capital of the world.
Numerous stories have circulated about odd, glowing objects hurtling over the Dales, from cigar-shaped aircraft to one shaped "like a bowler hat". The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean.
The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance. Not wanting to blame Taylor for the tragedy, the navy agreed. Most of the pilots involved in the incident were trainees. And once aircraft sink in the vast ocean although this is extremely rare these days , they are often never found again.
This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH flight , which disappeared in , has been found. Today, large passenger planes often fly through the Bermuda Triangle and none disappear.
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