On a sunny day 62 years ago, five Navy planes took off from Florida on a routine training mission, known as Flight 19. Neither the planes nor the crew were ever seen again.

The Bermuda Triangle is a legend. Even Christopher Columbus wrote in his log about bizarre compass bearings in the area. The disappearance of boats and planes in the area has been blamed on many imaginative causes stretching from sea monsters to alien abductions.

But science always saves the day with logic. Here are a few things about the triangle that could help solve the mystery…

  1. Its one of the two places on Earth where true north and magnetic north line up, which could make reading a compass extremely difficult.
  2. The triangle is home to some of the deepest underwater trenches in the world (wreckage could settle kilometres below the surface).
  3. Treacherous shoals and reefs can be found along this area.
  4. The Gulf Stream (64- to 80-kilometre-wide warm river) circulating within the North Atlantic Ocean create weather patterns that remain channelled within this area. This causes very high waves and unusual weather conditions.

Sea monster or Mother Nature - you decide.