Gas Bubble Sinks Trawler Off Scotland Coast - Monash Univ. Study

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The September issue of the American Journal of Physics features a study by Monash University's Professor Joseph Monaghan and honours student David May, which concludes that a trawler found in a methane crater off the east coast of Scotland may have been sunk by a significant gas bubble. The research indicates that these gas bubbles can potentially cause aircraft to crash due to their lower density compared to air, leading to dangerous conditions when planes encounter rising gas columns. This phenomenon raises questions about other mysterious disappearances, such as those in the Bermuda Triangle.

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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
 
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Maybe some cold war secret bubble weapon !
 
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)
 
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Well, according to the article, it says that these gas bubbles 'had the potential to cause aircraft to crash'.
 
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.