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Was Amelia Earhart’s plane found?

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Amelia Earhart, also nicknamed “Lady Lindy,” was one of the most famous American pilots, she was the first female to fly by herself and nonstop across the United States. She was also famous for breaking the women’s altitude world record, published her own book in 1928, and became a visiting professor at Purdue University. Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were attempting to fly all around the world, intending to be very successful during their journey. Tragically, the two had disappeared on July 2, 1937. They were pronounced dead on January 5, 1939 after no further responses from either of them. As of lately, there was no trace of them or the plane; however, the missing plane may have been found recently. 

A marine robotics company in South Carolina called Deep Sea Vision mentions they had scanned underwater, which generated an image of what appears to be Earhart’s missing plane. The CEO of Deep Sea Vision talked on taking control of the case because he’s always been fascinated by Amelia Earhart. His determination towards this mystery exposes big amounts of hope for the future. The company publicly releases an image showing the plane found. As he continues to touch on the image, he explains that this plane was found about one hundred miles from Howland Island, which is exactly where Amelia and Fred were heading before they had disappeared. 

It has been years since Amelia had disappeared, so it suddenly seems random to all of a sudden to unimaginably find her missing plane. Explorers and Archaeologists are extremely hopeful, but it seems unlikely that her plane could have really been found. Luckily, the crew from Deep Sea Vision all have high motivation to take this mystery and finally solve it once and for all.

 

Sources

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/02/07/amelia-earhart-plane-found-maps/72453721007/ 

https://gardenandgun.com/articles/meet-the-adventurer-who-might-have-found-amelia-earharts-aircraft/ 

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