Bemuda Triangle

[Irfi]

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

At 2 pm on 5 December 1945, five US *bombers took off from Fort Lauderlale in the USA for a training *flight in perfect weather. Shortly afterwards, the pilots radioed that their flight instruments were all malfunctioning. Two hours after take-off, all contact with the planes was lost. A reconnaissance plane was immediately *dispatched to *search for the missing planes. Within 20 minutes, radio contact with it had also been lost. No trace of any of the planes was ever found. In all, six planes and 27 men had *vanished into the air.
The disappearance of the six planes was far from being the first mysterious incident in the *area: for years, navigational problems and strange magnetic forces had been reported. The disappearance was not even the greatest disaster within the triangle. The Cyclops, a 19,000-ton US ship was sailing from Barbados to Norfolk, Virginia. In March 1918, when it vanished with its *crew of 309 from the surface of he ocean without making a distress call and without the slightest *wreckage ever being found.
The losses of boats and planes in that area defy explanation. The disasters are the origin of a new phrase in the English language – the Bermuda Triangle and this phrase has entered legend. The Bermuda Triangle has been called the *Devils’ Triangle, the Triangle of Death, the *Graveyard of the Atlantic. It has *swallowed up 140 ships and planes and more than 1,000 people. Today many airmen and sailors are *still afraid of that area of the Atlantic Ocean.

[Wounded Healer]

At 2 pm on 5 December 1945, five US *bombers took off from Fort Lauderlale in the USA for a training *flight in perfect weather. Shortly afterwards, the pilots radioed that their flight instruments were all malfunctioning. Two hours after take-off, all contact with the planes was lost. A reconnaissance plane was immediately *dispatched to *search for the missing planes. Within 20 minutes, radio contact with it had also been lost. No trace of any of the planes was ever found. In all, six planes and 27 men had *vanished into the air.

The leader of the US bomber squadron was a novice.....this was his first experience as a captain of a squadron.......the loss of these bombers has been attributed to pilot error.......

The reconnaissance plane that was sent after them also had a faulty system.....that plane was particularly prone to fires as its fuel tank was in the belly of the plane.......a report had previously been sent to the authorities to ground such reconnaissance planes as they were in danger of catching fire very easily.

The disappearance of the six planes was far from being the first mysterious incident in the *area: for years, navigational problems and strange magnetic forces had been reported. The disappearance was not even the greatest disaster within the triangle. The Cyclops, a 19,000-ton US ship was sailing from Barbados to Norfolk, Virginia. In March 1918, when it vanished with its *crew of 309 from the surface of he ocean without making a distress call and without the slightest *wreckage ever being found.
The losses of boats and planes in that area defy explanation. The disasters are the origin of a new phrase in the English language – the Bermuda Triangle and this phrase has entered legend. The Bermuda Triangle has been called the *Devils’ Triangle, the Triangle of Death, the *Graveyard of the Atlantic. It has *swallowed up 140 ships and planes and more than 1,000 people. Today many airmen and sailors are *still afraid of that area of the Atlantic Ocean.

all these examples have been, more or less, attributed to the strange weather system of this particular area.........also, due to this weather system, the sea in the Bermuda Triangle area is very rough and many boats and ships are not able to handle that........

the Bermuda Triangle has its own weather system unlike any other on earth.This is due to the "Gulf Stream" that flows through this area........the warm and cold water give rise to a whole new set of weather system which the scientists are still trying to understand.

p.s. all this i read/heard somewhere.......just wanted to share it with u guys

[Sana Shoaib]

heres the link that contains the history of bermuda triangle too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle