Monday 16 February 2015

Bass Strait Triangle


The Bass Strait Triangle is the name given to the area of water between mainland Australia and Tasmania. Since the 1790s, many ships and planes have gone missing in this area, much like its famous Caribbean counterpart, the Bermuda Triangle.

The most significant disappearances were the Sydney Cove and Eliza in 1797, HMS Sappho in 1858, an Airco DH.9A and the Amelia J in 1920, the Miss Hobart in 1934, a large number of RAAF bombers during the Second World War, a De Havilland Tiger Moth in 1972 and, the most famous of all, the Valentich Disappearance of 1978.

It is likely that the high numbers of incidents in this area are a result of human error, poorly designed craft and notoriously bad weather.