The theory that the Titanic sank was caused by the 'aurora glowing in the night sky'
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With a total length of 269 meters, a height of 53 meters, and a total weight of 46,328 tons, the Titanic , the world's largest passenger ship at the time, sank on April 14, 1912 when it touched an iceberg over the North Atlantic Ocean. The sinking of the Titanic, the biggest marine accident of the 20th century with more than 1,500 casualties, has been the subject of many films and novels . An unusual theory was announced that the aurora was involved in the sinking of the Titanic.
A possible role of space weather in the events surrounding the Titanic disaster --Zinkova ---- Weather --Wiley Online Library
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wea.3817
Did the aurora borealis play a role in sinking the Titanic?
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-aurora-borealis-role-titanic.html
The direct cause of the Titanic's sinking was contact with the iceberg, but it is not known why it collided with the iceberg and why it sank as quickly as a few hours. Various theories have been advocated, such as 'decrease in strength due to the fire that occurred in', 'helmsman maneuvering mistake', 'conspiracy for insurance money', and 'curse of mummy'.
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However, although the Titanic had received radio warnings about the iceberg from other ships until just before, and the observer noticed and warned the existence of a huge iceberg just before the collision, the ship could not be steered in time and the iceberg Failure to evade, a rift of about 2 meters in the hull, and the fact that the hull broke in half in the center and sank in just 3 hours, such as survivor testimony and investigation of the sunk Titanic. It is known from.
Meteorologist Mira Zinkova noted that some of the survivor's eyewitness testimonies were 'I saw the aurora on the night the Titanic sank.' Zinkova predicts that rescue operations would have been more difficult if the moon had not risen on the night of the accident and the aurora lights did not illuminate the passengers floating in the sea.
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'If it weren't for the aurora that day, the Titanic might not have sunk,' Zinkova claims. Aurora is a phenomenon in which charged particles called the solar wind , which are blown from the sun , collide with the earth's atmosphere and emit light. Zinkova points out that these charged particles can interfere with magnetic and electrical signals.
For example, the official report of the Titanic wreck recorded a comment accusing 'amateur radio operators have generated radio waves that interfered with communication between the Titanic and other vessels.' Mr. Zinkova pointed out that the jamming radio waves may have been a communication failure due to the solar wind. It is also speculated that humans at radio stations at that time would not have been aware of the communication problems caused by the solar wind.
In addition, in the worst case, the solar wind may have caused the navigation system to go astray, Zinkova said. For example, the solar wind could also affect the compass that determines the course of the ship, and a course deviation of only 0.5 degrees could have prevented the crew from steering the ship, resulting in life or death. I will.
by Xavier Lafarge
In response to Mr. Zinkova's hypothesis that 'the cosmic weather of the solar wind contributed to the sinking of the Titanic,' the scientific news site Phys.org said, 'Aurora confuses the navigation equipment of ships. If so, are modern ships experiencing the same thing? ”“ Rather, if the aurora illuminates the sea more clearly, they would have noticed the iceberg earlier, ”said skeptical comments. I am.
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