# Navigation errors, including misreading compass variation where magnetic and true north align, cause…

> Most likely: Navigation errors, including misreading compass variation where magnetic and true north align, cause groundings and losses.

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# Navigation errors, including misreading compass variation where magnetic and true north align, cause…

Navigation errors, including misreading compass variation where magnetic and true north align, cause groundings and losses.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A share of losses follows position errors, as in Flight 19.

## What would rule it out

- Losses show no association with navigation error in the records.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Flight 19 was lost after its leader misjudged its position.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D667C2C3ZCC/flight-19-was-lost-after-its-leader-misjudged-its-position)

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[NOAA notes evidence that a compass may point to true rather than magnetic north in parts of the area.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D667BTJ698A/noaa-notes-evidence-that-a-compass-may-point-to-true-rather)

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## The questions it answers

[Which natural hazards account for losses without trace in this area?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/questions/QST0D66729W1W9T/which-natural-hazards-account-for-losses-without-trace-in)

Part of [Do ships and aircraft vanish in the Bermuda Triangle more often than traffic and conditions would predict?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/questions/QST0D6671JE0Y7K/do-ships-and-aircraft-vanish-in-the-bermuda-triangle-more)

Most likelyStorms and sudden severe seas, from hurricanes and Gulf Stream weather, account for most losses without trace

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