• Question: what is the bermuda triangle

    Asked by glerpiniere to Steve, Christina, Jess on 17 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by jamesat79.
    • Photo: Steven Gardner

      Steven Gardner answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      I think it’s an area between florida, bermuda and another island (can’t remember which one) where a strangely large amount of planes used to go missing. These days that doesn’t happen so much because planes are tracked with the global positioning system.

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    spacenut1982 commented on :

    Why do the planes go missing without trace?

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    Colin commented on :

    I think the 2 main hypotheses were 1) dodgy weather conditions; or 2) a strange magnetic field which made the compasses point the wrong direction. But either way, I think it’s been proven to be a myth =)

    Having said that, there are definitely strange places in the world which have ‘micro-climates’ and this causes really strong winds that sometimes take pilots by surprise! Don’t worry though, these are always quite low (near the top of the mountains) and the airline planes fly way high above them so we’re pretty safe.

    Cheers,

    Colin.

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    spacenut1982 commented on :

    Oh! I never knew that!! Thanks!