Suddenly forming 30-meter columns of water became the reason for the disappearance of ships in the region.
The Bermuda Triangle, a mysterious stretch of ocean between Bermuda, Puerto Rico and part of Florida, has swallowed dozens of ships and aircraft along with crews and passengers over the years. Many began to consider this place mystical and began to come up with incredible explanations for the phenomenon: supposedly a geomagnetic storm confused the navigation systems, the lost continent of Atlantis sucked ships into its arms, and strong vortices transported the victims to another dimension.
But scientists over the years have pointed out that there are more plausible explanations. And travel in the Bermuda Triangle is no less dangerous than in other places in the ocean.
Another version of the mass disappearance of ships in the region was put forward by British scientists from the University of Southampton. In their opinion, the so-called "wandering" waves could have caused the death of the ships. The 30-meter "killer waves" can occur spontaneously during storms - they are common in this region.
"Wandering" waves are like "walls of water" and they often hit unexpectedly. For example, they originate in the region of South Africa, where waves from storms in the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean come together. In addition, large container ships and tankers have also disappeared regularly in the region over the years.
This also applies to the Bermuda Triangle, where storms can come from all directions: from Mexico, the equator and the east Atlantic. If each wave can reach more than 10 meters in height, at one point they can coincide and form a “killer wave” more than 30 meters high.
British scientists tested the hypothesis by creating models of several ships, including the Cyclops, which disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1918 with more than 300 people on board. The experiment showed that a huge wave is able to break in two even such a huge ship as "Cyclops". Naturally, after this, he quickly went under the water, taking the entire crew and passengers into the abyss.
“The larger the ship, the greater the destruction will be. Perhaps "Cyclops" drowned in two or three minutes, "- said a participant in the experiment, Dr. Simon Boxell.
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Prior to this, scientists have put forward several versions of the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. For example, they believed that the ships were off course due to the fast current - the Gulf Stream. According to the second version, powerful methane emissions could regularly occur from under the shelf. The combustible gas compressed the water and the ships simply "sank" to the bottom.
GRIGORY PUSHKAREV
