Mystery of Amelia Earhart's plane could be solved in days
Summary
A team of American researchers is searching near a remote island in the South Pacific to find the remains of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane. The expedition focuses on an underwater object spotted in recent satellite images and expects to know soon if it is Earhart’s aircraft.Key Facts
- Researchers from Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy Institute are leading the search.
- They are looking near Nikumaroro Island, part of Kiribati in the South Pacific.
- The team is investigating the “Taraia Object,” first seen in 1938 aerial photos and clearly in satellite images from 2020.
- The expedition took five days at sea to reach the remote location.
- Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly around the equator.
- Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished about 400 miles from Howland Island, their planned last stop.
- The team plans to use a hydraulic dredge to remove sediment from the seabed to reach potential artifacts.
- Researchers hope to confirm within days if they have found parts of Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10-E plane.
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