Has the mystery of the "Bermuda Triangle" been solved?

jonnyd_

Yes, in the waters of the 'Bermuda Triangle' there are certain gases from the seabed that sometimes are so powerful that they bring ships down to the seabed quite instantly. They haven't figured out the plane disappearances yet. Jan 17 05, 11:21 AM

dejavucub4

I've heard the same about gasses, this could also bring planes down as gasses may have different densities than air, or the gasses are explosive or most likely the gasses displace the air causing engine failure. Jan 17 05, 1:23 PM

lothruin

I watched a show on this very subject not that long ago. It was quite interesting. The theory is related to the huge methane gas pockets below the seabed in that area, that generally slowly leak out through cracks in the crust. However, occassionally large bubbles can be released, which may have caused the ships, or some of the ships, to sink. Methane gas bubbles have come very close to swamping off-shore drilling operations, etc., and laboratory simulations seemed to have proven it, but there aren't any eye-witness accounts of such a bubble actually bringing down a ship. As for the airplanes, it was suggested that when such a bubble was released, the resulting gas "cloud" could cause havoc with the instruments. Tests were done to see whether a turbine engine of the type used in WWII era airplanes, particular the famed 5-plane mission that disappeared all together, would lose engine power or explode upon entering such a cloud, but those tests were negative. Anyway, a simulation in an airliner proved that the decreased air density could cause an altimeter to show the plane was rising when it actually was not, thereby causing the pilots to dramatically over-compensate and, theoretically, run the nose of the plane straight into the ocean. There are also no eye-witness accounts of that happening. However, in answer to the actual question, a resounding NO, the mystery, if such actually exists, has not been solved. The above theory is quite interesting and seems to present some good leads, but is, after all, a theory, and one with a number of holes as yet, so I don't think "solved" comes anywhere near applying. Jan 17 05, 3:06 PM

gmackematix

The mystery is why people feel the need to invent such preposterous paranormal twaddle when normality itself is already so bizarre. How this particular geographical bogeyman passed into folklore is related in the Wikipedia article, which also devotes a section to that farting ocean theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle Jan 17 05, 8:09 PM