There are evidently many interesting theories concerning the Bermuda triangle as mentioned before. A rational theory would have to be the classic human error. It would appear safe to suggest that many of the strange occurrences concerning the so called “Devils triangle” would be miscalculation of human information.
Throughout time it has appeared that most accidents have indeed occurred because of human error. For example, one case of human error would have to be the loss of a sailing yacht called Revonoc, occurring in 1958. This craft belonged to Harvey Conover, a business man of his time. It turns out Harvey Conover sailed his yacht into the eye of a storm. Nobody had ever seen Harvey ever again. (www.bermudatriangleinfo.com)
Another demonstration would be the loss oil tanker V A Fogg, taking place in 1972. The errors of this case are due to the lack of proper training among the crew. It was a case that involved them cleaning out benzene residue from the vessel, which had gone wrong. (www.bermudatriangleinfo.com)
Acts of destruction are also categorized under human error. This may arise from war at sea. World war II is a proper demonstration of this example. Many sea vessels were sunk, and the blame often went to submarines that may have contributed to the sinking of these vessels. While there has never been proper proof of this speculation, it is an idea passed around. (www.bermudatriangleinfo.com)
Piracy comes into play of human error and destruction. Quite common among the seas even to this day, piracy involves criminals of the sea who steal vessels or cargo. Back then, a simple solution for people involved in piracy would be to kill crew members of other ships and possibly sink the vessel. Human error is quite a popular ...
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...hat it is is the size, if not even bigger, than a ship passing by. If a ship happens to pass right over this large bubble in the water, the bubble bursts, and since methane gas causes water to lose its buoyancy, it sucks the ships right in the depths of the ocean. http://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_0000a1.htm
Some argue that this theory is incorrect due to the fact that the largest methane reserves are outside of the Bermuda triangle. Another argument made against this theory is that even if methane gas erupts, it must travel through large amounts of sedimentary in the water, then rising thousands of feet above the deep trenches of the ocean, and for aircrafts it must come an even larger way up through the air. Furthermore, arguments are made that this does not explain how ships or aircraft are lost in the Bahamas where the water is only fifty feet or so.
In the scholarly journal, “The Bermuda Triangle Mysteries: An Explanation Based on the Diffraction of Heat Waves (2000)”, physicist Ernest C. Njau claims that the mysteries noted in the Bermuda region may be accounted by the Eastward-moving heat waves along the Earth’s surface as they cause changes in the weather and ocean patterns that could play a big role in the disappearances over the Bermuda Triangle. Njau provides the readers with another credible possibility that could be responsible for the disappearances and mysterious lost ships and planes in the Bermuda region in order to prove that paranormal phenomena may not be the cause behind these sudden disappearances. The research cited explains that the Eastward-moving heat waves along the Earth’s surface “to a large extent, account for the mysteries already noted in the Bermuda region” (Njau). In the academic journal, “Hydrates Represent Gas Source, Drilling Hazard”, senior researcher in geology and associate professor Elchin Bagirov and senior geophysicist Ian Lerche, purport that the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle can actually be explained by the phenomenon of hydrate crystals ruling out paranormal phenomenon. Bagirov and Lerche cite a variety of diagrams that they claim show the special properties of hydrate crystals and their effects to indicate their relationship with the mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft in the Bermuda Triangle. The authors provide a scientific and rational explanation for the numerous mysteries of missing ships and aircraft in the Bermuda Triangle in order to persuade the readers that the mysteries surrounding the Bermuda Triangle can be explained by actual scientific
Disasters are things that happen all the time. But most of them are so big people believe that they have to be part of history. Take the Titanic disaster for example that was so big but still some people still lived through it through perseverance and overcoming challenges to live through the disaster. But risking their lives to survive they have some effects on their lives after surviving, for example injured parts of their body.
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Technical Major Incidents occur when there are failures in technological systems. This could include faulty components of an airplane, defective rail tracks, radiation emissions, computer failures and many more and usually happen at any time without warning. For example – The Air France Flight 4590 Disaster (Concorde). Some causes of a technological major incident could include, faulty wiring, design flaws, wear and tear of materials, improper maintenance and many more.
“‘The ‘Bermuda Triangle’, or ‘Devil’s Triangle’, is a mythical geographic area’, states a fact sheet issued by the U.S. Coast Guard” (Gaffron 17). One of the most influential groups in the United States believes that the Bermuda Triangle is only a myth. “Most rational explanations for the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle, including the explanations given by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, include human error and environmental effects” (Obringer). The U.S. Navy has lost quite a few ships in the Bermuda Triangle region and believe that the reason behind those disappearances involved either human or technical difficulties. “Plane ditchings or explosions in flight may result from many causes; lack of visible evidence being explained by the truism that ‘It’s a big ocean’” (Berlitz 6) The reports from the people that actually lost lives believe in that something bad but normal happened which is a sound explanation for the
“In total, six airplanes and 27 men appear to have vanished” (How). On December 5th of 1945, five U.S. Navy bombers went missing without a trace of why. Later a rescue plane was sent to search for the plane and the survivors, but those planes disappeared as well. That incident is one of the most famous and well known disappearances in the area (How). The Bermuda triangle is an area in the Atlantic Ocean which many people believe mysterious disappearances have taken place. It reaches Puerto Rico, Florida, and Bermuda in a triangle shape that covers approximately 500,000 square miles (History). The mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda triangle are myths as evidenced by people who travel the area safely every day, there is no scientific proof of the mysteries, and there are scientific reasons why people have disappeared.
Most of the answer about who is to blame for the sinking of the Titanic leads to him and that is because he is responsible for running the ship as a captain. While being in charge of the Titanic, several weather warnings were issued, all seven warning that were issued that whole day, he did not slow down and dismissed them. “The captain of the Titanic was drunk when the liner hit an iceberg and sank, a newly unearthed document alleges. Captain Edward Smith was apparently seen drinking in the saloon bar of the doomed ship in the catastrophic collision” (Gayle). Ultimately, with a ship at sea, it is the captain who is responsible for everything. A board of inquiry can place some blame for contributing factors on others, but still, it is the captain who holds ultimate responsibility. The captain can not share the responsibility. The major malfunction of the Titanic was speed, they were simply going too fast for the conditions. Had they slowed, they might have been able to steer clear. Instead because of the poor visibility conditions, they had no time to take any corrective action to avoid the collision.“No general alarm was sounded, no whistle blown and no systematic warnings was given to endangered passengers, and it was fifteen or twenty minutes after the collision before Captain Smith ordered the Titanic’s wireless operator to send out a distress message” (San Francisco Chronicle). It also proves the
Who caused people their lives due to poor negligence? The massive iceberg is responsible for the destruction of the Titanic, but Bruce Ismay negligence is the most liable for the wreck becoming one of the biggest tragedies of the 20th Century because he vetoed more lifeboats to be added, ignored iceberg warnings, and he wanted to make a new speed record. Bruce Ismay was the CEO of White Star Lines(C) the company who paid for the Titanic to be built. Bruce Ismay loved beautiful amenities that's why he was always with the first class passengers. Bruce Ismay was so involved in beauty of the Titanic that beauty could have caused the ship to sink.
For example, the U.S.A government conducted their investigation and gave information that it was a balloon, so the story ended the next day.
Charles Moore first discovered the garbage patch in 1997 between Hawaii and the coast of California. It is roughly double the size of Texas and can be 100 feet deep in some places. The increase in the amount of garbage in the gyre is due to the increased use of plastic on land (Kostigen 2008). The pollution that is non-biodegradable in the ocean comes directly form the carelessness of human consumers. When a consumer discards litter, such as a plastic bag or empty soda bottle, it has the potential to reach the ocean through ocean dumping or blowing wind. These methods of pollution are the causes of this great mass of pollution. The trash that makes up these landfills comes from both the eastern shores of Japan as well as the Western coast of the United S...
The intensification of pirate attacks supports the need for crucial investigations of the incident and the participants involved. This paper will attempt to establish the link between piracy and its victims by examining piracy as demonstrated through the lens of routine activity theory. I will utilize piracy as it occurs on the waters off of the coast of Somalia and analyze three components that must be present for piracy to transpire.
Print. The. Naval History & Heritage Command. The "Bermuda Triangle" Naval History & Heritage Command. U.S. Navy, 9 July 1997.
The Titanic is not the only one to fill victim to human errors. On January 15, 1919, a faulty storage tank perched at the edge of Boston’s most densely populated neighborhood ruptured; it held more than 2 million gallons of crude molasses. Some said that the tank had been built in a hurry and its design was faulty. After the tank leaked,
...and are based on the Bermuda Triangle. Theories like the Methane Hydrate and others are merely assumptions made by scientists in hopes of unfolding the mystery of the Triangle, when in reality we will never know for sure what happens within the Bermuda’s itself.
For 65% of most of the cases, human failure is in responsible, while 50% is because of technical sailing, the 35% for most of the time is because of poor weather condition and 20% is because of questioning in the deficiencies on the ship or in the cargo. According to U.Acar, (n.d), most of the seafarers do not have a proper knowledge or training on the maritime safety, and also they do not comply with the latest standards and also regulation. Therefore, there is one project which is known as International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (Colregs) which establish a standards or regulation that are required to be followed by the deck or navigation officers on sea. This projects will in cooperation with other training institutions and other social partners so could be able to help in gaining knowledge especially in collision which had the highest percentage of incident on sea compare with other by providing that some real case scenario that intended for development of