Bermuda Triangle

JaceTheAce

JaceTheAce

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What are some of your beliefs about how the Bermuda Triangle affects airplanes? I don't believe one word about it.
 
I've read several books on the subject, and it's very interesting.

I don't think I'd go so far as to say aliens have been kidnapping pilots, shipmen & boaters for hundreds of years, but there's definently something weird there.

It's all theories though, I wish someone could find some hard concrete evidence of what's caused all the dissapearances.
 
As a matter of fact i was flipping by the discovery channel last weekend and saw this 'investigation' the bermuda triange. One theory is that there was an excessive amount of methane gas in the air which will cause an airplane's engine to die (atleast according to their experiment). While this theory tackles aircraft it doesn't really cover the boat aspect.

My personal belief is that its just a bunch of coincidences that accidents happen in the same area.
 
I saw the Discovery channel show also....they proved that pockets of methane gas released from the ocean floor can kill airplane engines (all it took was 1% methane in the air) and it can sink ships, even in small amounts.... It was also interesting to watch the 737 crew in the simulator testing flight through simulated methane gas pockets....it would show a rapid increase in altitude due to the change in air density...so a pilot in the clouds at low level could very easily misinterpret the sudden altimiter change and lower the nose and crash into the water.
 
The legend of the Bermuda triangle was created by the loss of sailing ships, and only later to the loss of aircraft.

I believe that the large number of sailing ships that dissapeared in that area were due in some part to micro-bursts or macro-bursts off of the many thunderstorms in the area. Sailing ships are unusually vulnerable to these events and it can cause the loss of a ship in moments. Hence few if any survivors to tell the tale and lots of mystery. As Captain Ron said, "they come on ya fast, and they leave ya fast".

As far as airplanes I haven't studied it too much, but I wouldn't hesitate to fly down there. In fact I have several times. I wish I had known about the gas, so when my FO gave me one of those looks I could have said: "It's the Bermuda Triangle".
 
It's a high traffic area. Lot's of traffic means that, statistically you'll lose more ships and planes in that area when compared to an area with much less traffic (which describes many of the rest of the world's oceans).
 
The crew in the 737 segment was our Dean and Asst. Dean here at WMU, in our 737 'sim.'
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I wish I had known about the gas, so when my FO gave me one of those looks I could have said: "It's the Bermuda Triangle".

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Discovery ran something that talked about the history of the Bermuda Triangle and then they picked a random area somewhere else to see what had happened. Know what happened? There were about the same number of shipwrecks and the same frequency as the Bermuda Triangle.

I think it's all about marketing.
 
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