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How the Disappearance of Flight 19 Fueled the Legend of the Bermuda Triangle

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60 points pseudolus | 3 comments | 07 Dec 25 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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PearlRiver ◴[07 Dec 25 17:02 UTC] No.46183136[source]▶
There was a Belgian passenger plan that got lost on its way to Teheran and had to land in Grozny. Before GPS planes had literal human navigators with maps and sextants!

I would be more inclined to believe in the Bermuda triangle myth if it happened with modern planes and their transponders.

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macintux ◴[07 Dec 25 17:30 UTC] No.46183386[source]▶
Your comment reminded me about the concrete arrows deployed across the U.S. for pilots.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/before-radios-pilots-n...

According to that, Montana still uses them.

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1. abbycurtis33 ◴[07 Dec 25 18:12 UTC] No.46183702[source]▶
Absolutely unbelievable there's not an overhead picture in that article.
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2. lukan ◴[07 Dec 25 18:24 UTC] No.46183803[source]▶
Plenty of pictures are here instead

https://www.dreamsmithphotos.com/arrow/

3. ◴[07 Dec 25 19:38 UTC] No.46184416[source]▶