From The Straits Times · · 50s
Amelia Earhart's plane mystery: Tree debris found on Nikumaroro
US explorers find washed-up trees, not plane wreckage, on Nikumaroro island.
In brief
US explorers find washed-up trees, not plane wreckage, on Nikumaroro island. US explorers searching for Amelia Earhart's plane found tree debris instead of wreckage on Nikumaroro island. Originally reported by The Straits Times.
US explorers search Nikumaroro
US-based explorers searched Nikumaroro island for Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage.
Satellite anomaly found
Team identified a satellite 'visual anomaly' in Nikumaroro lagoon as potential plane wreckage.
Mission details
Purdue-backed mission spent $900,000 on week-long search for Earhart's plane.
Tree debris discovery
Explorers concluded satellite 'visual anomaly' was washed-up trees, not plane wreckage.
Previous search failures
Two prior attempts to find plane wreckage in ocean around Nikumaroro also failed.
Castaway hypothesis
Evidence supports theory that Earhart and navigator died as castaways on Nikumaroro.
What to remember
US explorers searching for Amelia Earhart's plane found tree debris instead of wreckage on Nikumaroro island.
