It's a load of gas

[Ivan Seeking]

In a report published in the September issue of the American Journal of Physics, Monash University's Professor Joseph Monaghan and honours student David May said that a trawler discovered resting in a large methane crater off the east coast of Scotland may have been sunk by a huge gas bubble.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/22/1066631498889.html

[drag]

Maybe some cold war secret bubble weapon ! [:D]

[Tom D]

Yeah, maybe methane escaping from sea bed.Or other gases.
Some peeps think Bermuda Triangle 'mysterious disappearence's may be due to this (although that doesn't explain aeroplanes ).
I'm sure I read something about that in New Scientist maybe last year.
I'll post again if I find the article ( don't count on it,as I don't know where all my back issues are)

[Pandemonium]

In Reply To Tom D

Well, according to the article, it says that these gas bubbles 'had the potential to cause aircraft to crash'.

[Jonathan]

Yes, I think methane is less dense than air, so airplanes can crash if they suddenly hit a columun of rising gas from the ocean floor.

[Integral]

Originally posted by Ivan Seeking
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/22/1066631498889.html

Oh man! That stinks!