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What is the story of Bermuda Triangle flight 19? Please tell!
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Flight 19 is most commonly associated with the mysteries of Bermuda Triangle. It was a designation of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared on 5 December 1945 when United States Navy overwater navigation training was going on. All 14 airmen on the flight 19 were lost while flying over Bermuda Triangle. Further there was a crew of 13 members of a PBM Mariner flying boat who are also assumed to have exploded in mid-air while searching for the flight 19.
Flight 19 is still a mystery of Bermuda Triangle as Navy investigators could not determine the cause for the loss of Flight 19 but said the aircraft may have become disoriented and ditched in rough seas after running out of fuel.
Below are some interesting facts about Flight 19 and Bermuda Triangle, from a 500-page Navy board of investigation report published a few months later:
• Taylor had mistakenly believed that the small islands he passed over were the Florida Keys, so his flight was over the Gulf of Mexico and heading northeast would take them to Florida. It was determined that Taylor had passed over the Bahamas as scheduled, and he did in fact lead his flight to the northeast over the Atlantic. The report noted that some subordinate officers did likely know their approximate position as indicated by radio transmissions stating that flying west would result in reaching the mainland.
This report was subsequently amended "cause unknown" by the Navy after Taylor's mother contended that the Navy was unfairly blaming her son for the loss of five aircraft and 14 men, when the Navy had neither the bodies nor the airplanes as evidence.
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