Bermuda Triangle mystery has finally been SOLVED, claims scientist who says there’s a simple reason behind 100-years of spooky disappearances

A SCIENTIST claims to have solved the mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle which has claimed at least 1,000 lives over the past 100 years.

The feared area stretches over 700,000km of sea from Florida to Puerto Rico and the island of Bermuda in the North Atlantic Ocean and is a puzzle that has long stumped experts and unsettled sailors.

But Australian scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki said there is no mystery to solve because the incidents were likely caused by human error.

“According to Lloyds of London and the US coast guard, the number of planes that go missing in the Bermuda Triangle is the same as anywhere in the world on a percentage basis,” Dr Kruszelnicki said.

“It is close to the equator, near a wealthy part of the world, America, therefore you have a lot of traffic.”

The Bermuda Triangle is one of the most heavily travelled shipping lanes in the world, with vessels crossing through to get to ports in America, Europe and the Caribbean.

The mystery surrounding the area grew in the 20th century with a large number of planes and ships going missing over the decades.

In 1918, the USS Cyclops — a large carrier ship that supplied fuel to the American fleet in WWI — was full of heavy cargo when it set sail with 309 people on board.

After it failed to arrive in Baltimore from Barbados, search teams retraced its route but it was never found. Two of the Cyclops’ sister ships disappeared along the same route in 1941.

The legend of the Bermuda Triangle deepened after Flight 19 - which consisted of five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers - took off from a US Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine training mission and disappeared on December 5, 1945.