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Asked by tape1weak on 12 Jun 2024.
Question: Why do planes disappear in Bermunda Triangle?
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Rebecca von Hellfeld answered on 12 Jun 2024:
Interestingly, not too many more ships and planes vanished in that area than elsewhere in the oceans, but it was more discussed! And in many cases, there were serious storms going on when someone vanished, so there seems to be a good explanation for most of these events 🙂
I know its not as cool as a conspiracy, sorry! 🙁
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Pete Webb answered on 27 Jun 2024:
Statistically, no more planes have disappeared there than elsewhere in the oceans. Some of the reported disappearances were subsequently found to have been in the Gulf of Mexico. A plausible explananation is that methane gas bubbling up from the seabed beneath the Bermuda Triangle is ionised on passing through the atmosphere and the ionisation disrupts radio and radar signals. Also, methane is only 0.64 the density of air, so lots of it would rise rapidly, creating significant turbulence. But, however plausible these theories are, does not prove they are correct!
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Kirsty L commented on :
Interestingly the Bermuda Triangle is in an area called the Sargasso Sea: it is a sea with no land edges because it’s in the Atlantic ocean – so it’s wet all the way around!
In the early days of flight, flying over water was very dangerous because the planes could have mechanical failures or run out of fuel, and without advanced navigation it was easy to get lost. So planes did go missing in the area between the islands of the Caribbean, the Atlantic and coast of America not for any cool reasons. In other sea, like the Mediterranean, there is land to aim for if you have a problem, but it the Sargasso you end up with more water!