Exploration Team Thinks They’ve Found Amelia Earhart’s Plane

Exploration Team Thinks They’ve Found , Amelia Earhart’s Plane.

Exploration Team Thinks They’ve Found , Amelia Earhart’s Plane.

Exploration Team Thinks They’ve Found , Amelia Earhart’s Plane.

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27, ocean exploration company Deep Sea Vision announced that it has captured sonar images resembling Earhart's plane in the Pacific Ocean, NPR reports.

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On.

Jan.

27, ocean exploration company Deep Sea Vision announced that it has captured sonar images resembling Earhart's plane in the Pacific Ocean, NPR reports.

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With the help of a 16-person crew and an unmanned underwater drone, .

Over 5,200 square miles of seabed were surveyed between September and December.

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The plane-shaped object was detected nearly 100 miles off Howland Island between Australia and Hawaii.

Earhart was supposed to refuel on Howland Island but never arrived.

The sonar images look very much like Earhart's plane, which was a Lockheed Electra.

All that combined, you'd be hard-pressed to convince me that this is not an airplane and not Amelia's plane.

, Deep Sea Vision founder Tony Romeo, via statement.

Deep Sea Vision plans to further investigate the area later this year.

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Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while on their journey to fly around the world in 1937.

Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while on their journey to fly around the world in 1937.

Their disappearance has long been a mystery since neither the plane nor their bodies were ever recovered.

Many theories have surfaced pertaining to what happened that fateful day, but this discovery may shed light on what actually happened, NPR reports.

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I like everything that everybody's contributed to the story, I think it's great.

It's added to the legacy of Amelia Earhart.

, Deep Sea Vision founder Tony Romeo, via statement.

But in the end, I think what's important is that she was a really good pilot, Deep Sea Vision founder Tony Romeo, via statement