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Originally Posted by MDMA
The plane could have got sucked into a vortex, other planes have gone missing leaving no trace behind as well. Places like the Bermuda Triangle are known for this sort of activity. Very erie to say the least.
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The Bermuda Triangle is equivalent to people telling ghost stories. The stories from that region are predominantly from the early ages of flight to just after the Second World War. Though it's possible there may be some kind of natural magnetic field distortion or other phenomena that would throw off an aircrafts instruments.... it's also a breeding ground for severe weather due to air and ocean currents. Back in those days the instrumentation was not very sophisticated and neither was our knowledge of the regions weather. Aircraft didn't have crash-proof black boxes with GPS transmitters coordinating with the powerful radars and radios we have today.
The point is aircraft don't simply vanish, get sucked into a vortex, fly through a blackhole, or get zapped by aliens. In the Bermuda Triangle they all got disoriented either due to pilot error, instrument failure, weather, or a combination of all of the above. For example a sudden change in weather such as the formation of a severe thunderstorm or hurricane drastically alters the atmospheric pressure, if a pilot doesn't compensate now their altimeter is way off, they stop trusting their altimeter and now question the other instrumentation, but that island looks like one they recognize from a different region that they saw 25 minutes ago on a different heading, they're not lost but think they are and start guessing, no GPS, too far out for local radar or radio to help, weather is reducing visibility, it all looks the same, flying in disoriented circles..... Those men and women are all buried at sea. There's a reason you haven't heard fables of vanishing aircraft in the Bermuda Triangle for decades and that's thanks to our modern technology, understanding of weather phenomenon, and safety standards.
As for Flight MH370 unfortunately all signs are pointing towards a hijacking or terrorist attack. The odds of a modern aircraft (brand new by industry standards) operated by an international carrier simply coming apart mid-air due to a structural malfunction are beyond extremely low. An experienced Captain and FO wouldn't go radio silent through any other emergency.