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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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1. aitchnyu ◴[08 Dec 25 05:14 UTC] No.46188636[source]▶
The British hid the Taj Mahal in WW2 from planes. In Indo-Pak war in 1971, cities and towns far from the border had to blackout. There was blackout in Punjab in 2025 war too.
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2. pjc50 ◴[08 Dec 25 09:55 UTC] No.46190435[source]▶
.. how do you hide the Taj Mahal? Was there significant bombing against India, and if so from where?
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3. aitchnyu ◴[08 Dec 25 10:23 UTC] No.46190644[source]▶
Taj Mahal disguise https://old.reddit.com/r/OldPhotosInRealLife/comments/112cci...

There were Japanese and German attacks in world wars, and wars later with China and Pakistan.