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Amelia Earhart's Aviation Mysteries
New expedition seeks clues to Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance over the Pacific.
In brief
New expedition seeks clues to Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance over the Pacific. A 17-member team is searching for Earhart's aircraft wreck on Nikumaroro Island in Kiribati, but the mystery remains unsolved. Originally reported by Financialexpress.
Amelia Earhart's Disappearance
A new expedition is chasing clues to Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance over the Pacific.
Earhart's Aircraft Location
Her aircraft went down in 1937 in the Republic of Kiribati, an independent island nation in the central Pacific Ocean.
New Expedition to Nikumaroro
A 17-member team reached Nikumaroro Island on October 12 after a five-day, 830-nautical-mile voyage.
Satellite Image Dispute
The team hopes to determine if a submerged object matches satellite imagery but interpretation is disputed.
Flight 19 Disappearance
Five US Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers vanished over the Bahamas on December 5, 1945.
Korean War Aircraft Disappearance
A Douglas DC-4 aircraft carrying 31 passengers and a six-person crew disappeared near Alaska in 1951.
Vietnam War Disappearance
93 US Rangers vanished during a secret mission to Saigon in 1962 after refuelling in Guam.
MH370 Disappearance
Boeing 777 with 239 people aboard vanished from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.
The one thing
A 17-member team is searching for Earhart's aircraft wreck on Nikumaroro Island in Kiribati, but the mystery remains unsolved.
