Research team arrives at remote island to search for Amelia Earhart's plane
Researchers from the Archaeological Legacy Institute and Purdue University arrived Tuesday at Nikumaroro island. They went there to search for Amelia Earhart's plane.
The expedition will hike to a lagoon. Satellite images found something there that may be Earhart's plane.
Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937, while trying to fly around the world. In their last radio message, Earhart and Noonan reported unexpected clouds and low fuel.
They were trying to reach Howland Island. A quick search by the US government found nothing.
Nikumaroro is one of the closest islands to where the plane was last known to be. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati.
- July 2, 1937
- Disappearance date
- Nearly 90 years
- Years since disappearance
- Nikumaroro island, Republic of Kiribati
- Location
Why it mattersFinding Earhart's plane would solve one of history's most famous disappearances. It would offer final proof of what happened to the aviation pioneer.
AustraliaNo direct Australian effect, though the search is being watched globally as an attempt to answer a century-old aviation mystery.
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