Flight 19
On December 5th, 1945, five US Navy Avenger torpedo bombers--known as Flight 19 go on a routine flight over the Bermuda triangle. While most trips through the Triangle of Doom end up fine, there are many stories of planes and ships crashing and never being found again. This story is one of the most famous. These planes left from Fort Lauderdale. Somewhere along their flight, their radios stopped working. The last message sent through the radio was from the leader of the flight, Lt. Charles C. Taylor. He said, "All planes close up tight...we'll have to ditch unless landfall...when the first plane drops below ten gallons we all go down together." After hearing this, the navy sent out a search and rescue plane. Not only did they not find the five planes of Flight 19, but the search and rescue team also went missing. A merchant ship reported seeing a ball of fire in the sky, followed by an oil slick in the vicinity at the time that the search and rescue plane went ...