![]() ![]() Hearing Taylor’s last recorded message, “We all go down together,” is especially poignant. On December 5, 1945, five Avenger torpedo bombers led by Lieutenant Charles Taylor set off on a routine mission never to return. While the first episode looks at the water, the second episode looks at disappearances in the air focusing on the disappearance of Flight 19. Another experienced sailor lists out signs of a storm from mare-tail clouds and warning squalls to the smell of a storm, which he describes as “earthy and dank.” ![]() ![]() As one old salt explains, one should never underestimate Mother Nature. The fact that one does not need a license to sail a leisure craft has caused many inexperienced sailors to come to grief on the open ocean which “is a terrifying adversary.” The sea does not suffer fools gladly as the documentary makes clear. While there are several theories including one involving a giant squid (a personal favourite) the show posits the theory of a rogue wave that could cause the heavily-loaded ship to snap in two and sink in minutes. In 1918, this American naval cargo ship carrying 10,000 tonnes of manganese ore left Barbados for Baltimore on March 4 and was never heard of again. The first episode looks at the disappearance of the The brilliantly blue waters of the Atlantic teeming with life and colour form a spectacular backdrop as Edwards and Deley meet sailors (including a foolhardy one who packed for a day trip and was lost at sea for 16 days), physicists, meteorologists, academics and coastguards among other experts to uncover the secrets of the triangle. This three-part documentary hosted by Rick Edwards and Ortis Deley eschews the sensational for the sensible and is no less thrilling for it. Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle attempts to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of massive naval cargo ships and torpedo bombers. An area of roughly half a million miles between Bermuda, Miami and Puerto Rico form the infamous Bermuda Triangle where countless ships and planes have vanished without a trace. ![]()
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