So how does this relate to aviation? The most famous "victims" of this mysterious part of ocean would be Flight 19. This flight consisted of five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers carrying 14 men that took off on a routine navigational practice flight from a U.S. Naval base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 2:10 pm on December 5, 1945. They would never return, nor would the planes or their bodies ever be found. In fact, the triangle would claim a rescue plane sent to find them as well.
Lieutenant Charles Taylor was leading the flight, training naval members to fly a simple path and practice routine bombing. A radio message that was intercepted, that most likely took place between two of the planes flying, indicated that they lost control of the direction they were flying due to faulty on-board compasses and, with no landmarks on the ocean, were unable to find the right direction to fly before ultimately running out of gas and crashing into the sea. No wreckage was ever found. A rescue flight also disappeared, however, it was a certain type of plane that was known to explode with any impact and reports have surfaced from nearby boats that they saw a flaming object in the sky, possibly explaining this disappearance.
Scientists contend that the location of this triangle has to do with the mysterious disappearances that have occurred there. This place is one of two on earth where true north and magnetic north align, meaning that compasses have difficulties reading direction there. The ocean is also considerably deeper in this area, meaning that any wreckage could sink miles and miles beneath sea level and become impossible to find. Less scientific enthusiasts contend that extra terrestrials and giant squids are probably to blame!
Sources:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1205_021205_bermudatriangle_2.html
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq15-1.htm
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