The Bermuda Triangle is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, as such (prior to modern tech such as GPS, Radar as standard) there were a lot of accidents, which in recent years have subsided dramatically. A guy named Laurance Kusche created a report on the region his conclusions are listed below.
* The number of ships and aircraft reported missing in the area was not significantly greater, proportionally speaking, than in any other part of the ocean.
* In an area frequented by tropical storms, the number of disappearances that did occur were, for the most part, neither disproportionate, unlikely, nor mysterious; furthermore, Berlitz and other writers would often fail to mention such storms.
* The numbers themselves had been exaggerated by sloppy research. A boat listed as missing would be reported, but its eventual (if belated) return to port may not have been reported.
* Some disappearances had in fact, never happened. One plane crash was said to have taken place in 1937 off Daytona Beach, Florida, in front of hundreds of witnesses; a check of the local papers revealed nothing.
Kusche concluded that:
The Legend of the Bermuda Triangle is a manufactured mystery… perpetuated by writers who either purposely or unknowingly made use of misconceptions, faulty reasoning, and sensationalism.
Book:Lawrence David Kusche (1975). The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Trian...usche.2C1975-14