Вставить ! complete the text with these words: although, crashed, crew, disappearance, flew, have, however, later, lights, may, mid-air, part, pulled, sailing, sent, solo, take-off wrecks. the bermuda triangle maritime experts are extremely puzzled by the bermuda triangle-the area of ocean between bermuda, florida and puerto rico-because many ships have disappeared there. the first reference to the area was by christopher columbus in the 15th century. columbus and his crew saw 'strange dancing ' in the sky and reported problems with their compass. at another time, they saw what might been a falling star. captain joshua slocum in his boat spray was the 1st man to sail round the world in the 1890s, but he was never heard of again after into the bermuda triangle in 1909. 9 years a us navy ship cyclops and her of 309 men were lost in the triangle, they had the latest radio equipment. while the radio equipment have failed, this doesn't explain the ships and in 1944 captain joe talley nearly drowned when his fishing boat was underwater. ships are not the only things to disappear in the triangle. in 1945, flight 19, a group of five us navy planes, left florida and into the they were led by an officer with a history of getting lost and were soon off course. a huge flying boat was to find the missing planes but radio contact was lost 20 minutes after and the flying boat exploded in over the triangle. although hundreds of planes and boats took in the search for the six planes and their crews, nothing was found. while the planes must have somewhere in the triangle, the stange thing is that no one has found their
