An Australian scientist says probability is the leading cause of mysterious disappearances in the area nicknamed the Bermuda Triangle.
In the last century, about 50 ships and 20 planes have disappeared in what has come to be known as the Bermuda Triangle (actually an irregular region in the North Atlantic Ocean, with a point of triangle located near Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory).
These accidents all have in common that there is no clear ending , and they are the reason why conspiracy theories related to the Bermuda Triangle skyrocket.
About 50 ships and 20 planes have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. (Picture: Getty Images).
There have been theories suggesting that ships and planes are missing due to the impact of technology left over from the legendary continent of Atlantis , from giant creatures, even UFO “flying saucers”, or supernatural phenomena and powers that humans cannot explain.
In an effort to dispel these views, Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki , a lecturer at the University of Sydney, decided to explain the disappearance phenomenon on a scientific basis.
In early May, he told BGR that despite the number of accidents, the Bermuda Triangle actually has only the same ratio of planes and ships missing.
According to him, the Bermuda Triangle spans a very large area, up to 700,000 square kilometers of sea, and is an area with extremely large traffic volumes. Therefore, the number of disappearances here is not too much.
“The Bermuda Triangle is located near the Equator, near a rich area of the world – the United States – so it is very crowded with vehicles. According to analysis by Lloyd’s company in London (UK) and the US Coast Guard , There are more vehicles missing in the Bermuda Triangle than anywhere else in the world, as a percentage,” he told the Mirror.
Kruszelnicki also pointed out that the majority of accidents in this area are caused by bad weather , or even from the wrong decisions of the driver of the missing vehicle.
He took as an example the disappearance of Flight 19, the event that sparked macabre theories about the Bermuda Triangle. Flight 19 involved a squadron of five US Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers.
The squadron took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 5, 1945 for a routine combat training mission, expected to last two hours, over the Atlantic.
However, shortly after reaching the Bermuda Triangle, the entire aircraft squadron lost contact with the base. Despite a lengthy search effort, not a single piece of evidence or debris of the planes was found.
In this case, Kruszelnicki pointed out that the cause could be due to the pilots being too inexperienced. In fact, out of the 14 crew members of the five planes, only one is an experienced pilot. But flight records show this person has a history of making bad decisions.
And yet, the weather on the day of the disappearance of Flight 19 was very bad, when it was stormy and the sea was rough with waves up to 5m high.
Records of radio communications that have been preserved to date show that the squadron’s pilot, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, and others disagreed over which direction to fly, before The whole group is missing.
Taylor believed the group was flying over the Florida Keys and ordered the squadron to turn east, rather than west, and thus send the group flying deeper into the Atlantic Ocean than inland.
And because the sea where the planes went missing is quite deep, it will certainly be difficult to find any debris, if they have all sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Interestingly, Kruszelnicki’s view is similar to that of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) .
In 2010, NOAA stated: “There is no evidence that mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle occur with greater frequency than any large, high-traffic area. otherwise, on the ocean”.
NOAA also said environmental factors could account for most of the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle, such as the Gulf Current’s tendency to extreme weather changes, and the large number of islands. in the Caribbean Sea area makes navigation here very complicated, in addition to evidence that the Bermuda Triangle area is capable of causing magnetic disturbances to navigation devices.
Specifically, when coming here, the compass in the navigation devices often rotates in the true North direction (geometric North), instead of rotating in the magnetic North direction, causing confusion in finding the way.
” The US Navy and US Coast Guard consider there is no supernatural explanation for disasters at sea,” NOAA added.
“Their experience shows that the synergy of nature and human miscalculation often leads to results far beyond the most unbelievable of science fiction.”
Kruszelnicki frequently draws public attention for his scientific views on the Bermuda Triangle problem.
He was in the media once in 2017 and then again in 2022, before reappearing this year. He was steadfast in his conviction every time: numbers don’t lie and there are no supernatural mysteries in the Bermuda Triangle.