THE BERMUDA

TRIANGLE
(A MYSTERY)

BY:
D.SHANMUGAPRIYAA
MSC-DATA SCIENCE
 WHAT IS BERMUDA
TRIANGLE?
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as
the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined
region in the western part of the North 
Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft
 and ships are said to have disappeared
under mysterious circumstances. The idea of
the area as uniquely prone to disappearances
arose in the mid-20th century, but most
reputable sources dismiss the idea that
there is any mystery.
 LOCATION

The Bermuda Triangle is a region of

the North Atlantic Ocean bounded
by the southeaster coast of the U.S.
, Bermuda, and the islands of the 
Greater Antilles  (Cuba, Hispaniola
, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico) .
 FAMOUS
INCIDENTS
 AIRCRAFT INCIDENTS
• 1945: December 5, Flight 19 (five TBF Avengers) lost with 14 airmen, and later the same day PBM Mariner BuNo
59225 lost with 13 airmen while searching for Flight 19.[1]
• 1947: July 3, a Douglas C-54 crashed off the Florida coast after the pilot lost control in turbulence. [
• 1948: December 28, Douglas DC-3 NC16002 lost with three crew and 36 passengers, en route from 
San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami, Florida.
• 1956: November 9, a Martin Marlin (VP-49) lost with ten crewmen taking off from Bermuda.
• 1962: January 8, a USAF KB-50 51-0465 (427th AR Sq) was lost over the Atlantic between the US East Coast and
the Azores.
• 1965: June 9, A USAF C-119 Flying Boxcar of the 440th Troop Carrier Wing missing between Florida and Grand
Turk Island .The last call from the plane came from a point just north of Crooked Island, Bahamas, and 177 miles
from Grand Turk Island. On July 18, 1965 debris from the plane was found on the beach of Gold Rock Cay just off
the northeastern shore of Acklins Island.
• 1978: November 3, Eastern Caribbean Airways Flight 912, a Piper Chieftain flown by Irving Rivers, arriving at St.
Thomas from St. Croix, vanished after being sighted by the control tower, and no trace was ever found.
• 2005: June 20, A Piper PA-23 disappeared between Treasure Cay Island, Bahamas and Fort Pierce, Florida. There
were three people on board.
• 2007: April 10, A Piper PA-46-310P disappeared near Bird Cay after flying into a level 6 thunderstorm and losing
altitude. Two fatalities were listed.
• 2017: February 23, The Turkish Airlines flight TK183 (an Airbus A330-200) was forced to change its direction
from Havana, Cuba to Washington Dulles airport after some mechanical and electrical problems occurred over the
triangle.[18]
• 2017: May 15, A private MU-2B aircraft was at 24,000 feet when it vanished from radar and radio contact with air
traffic controllers in Miami.[Plane wreckage was found later.
 INCIDENTS AT SEA
• 1492: October 11, Christopher Columbus and the crew of Santa Maria reported
seeing unknown lights one day before the landing at Guanahani.
• 1814: USS Wasp, last known position was the Caribbean, lost with 140 people on
board.
• 1881: According to legend, a sailing ship, the Ellen Austin, found a derelict vessel
and placed a crew to sail the vessel to port.
• 1918: USS Cyclops, collier, left Barbados on March 4, lost with all 306 crew and
passengers en route to Baltimore, Maryland.
• 1921: January 31, Carroll A. Deering, five-masted schooner, Captain W. B.
Wormell, found aground and abandoned at Diamond Shoals, near Cape Hatteras,
North Carolina.
• 1963: SS Marine Sulphur Queen, lost with 39 crewmen, having departed 
Beaumont, Texas, on 2 February with a cargo of 15,260 tons of sulfur.
• 2015: October 1, SS El Faro, with a crew of 33 aboard, sank off of the coast of
the Bahamas within the triangle after sailing into Hurricane Joaquin. Search
crews identified the vessel 15,000 feet below the surface.
• 2020: 29ft Blue & White Mako Cuddy Cabin Vessel, with 20 on board, last seen
publicly during departure on December 28, 2020. 
INCIDENTS ON LAND

● 1969: August, Great Isaac Lighthouse  (Bimini

, Bahamas) , two keepers disappeared and were
never found. A hurricane passed through at the
time of the disappearances.
HYPOTHETICAL
EXPLANATIONS
NATURAL EXPLANATIONS
● COMPASS VARIATIONS
● GULF STREAM
● HUMAN ERROR
● VIOLENT WEATHER
● METHANE HYDRATES
● MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES AND
ANOMALIES
● STRANGE WEATHER AND
HURRICANES
● WHIRLPOOLS AND BLUE HOLES
● ROUGE WAVES
● ELCTRONIC FOG
OTHER EXPLANATIONS
● EXTRA TERRESTIAL
● THE PRESENCE OF PIRATES
● DUMB MISTAKES
● SARGASSO SEA
● CARGO DESTROYING VESSELS
● UNDER WATER EARTHQUAKES
● SEISMIC VIBRATIONS
● THE EXISTENCE OF ATLANTIS?
● TREACHEROUS UNDERWATER
REEFS
● HEXAGONAL CLOUDS AND AIR
BOMBS
 FAMOUS BOOKS
1. THE DEVIL’S TRIANGLE by
Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison

2. INTO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE by

Gian J. Quasar

3. 3. THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

CHALRES by Charles Berlitz

4. 4. BEYOND THE DEVIL’S

TRIANGLE By Aamy Malavika
KNOWN FACTS
 The Bermuda Triangle sustains heavy daily traffic, both by
sea and by air.
 The Bermuda Triangle is one of the most heavily travelled 
shipping lanes in the world.
 The agonic line sometimes passes through the Bermuda
Triangle, including a period in the early 20th century. The
agonic line is a place on Earth’s surface where true north and
magnetic north align, and there is no need to account for
magnetic declination on a compass.
 The Bermuda Triangle is subject to frequent tropical storms
 and hurricanes.
 The Gulf Stream—a strong ocean current known to cause
sharp changes in local weather—passes through the Bermuda
Triangle.
 The deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean, the Milwaukee
Depth, is located in the Bermuda Triangle. The 
Puerto Rico Trench reaches a depth of 27,493 feet (8,380
meters) at the Milwaukee Depth.
 UNKNOWN FACTS

 The exact number of ships and airplanes that have

disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle is not known. The
most common estimate is about 50 ships and 20
airplanes.
 The wreckage of many ships and airplanes reported
missing in the region has not been recovered.
 It is not known whether disappearances in the Bermuda
Triangle have been the result of human error or weather
 phenomena.